Monthly Archives: September 2012

That damn cat

I’m allergic to cats. If I handle one for just a couple of seconds, I have to wash hands and sometimes change clothes, or I’m sneezing for hours. To say that this causes me to dislike cats somewhat is an … Continue reading

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Honey, next round

We pulled a few more frames of honey out of the hives today. There weren’t any frames that were capped on both sides, so we took 5 frames (3 Western and 2 Deep) that were fully capped on one side … Continue reading

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Honey filtering

We learned some things while harvesting our first batch of honey. Foremost, we learned that a wire strainer is simply not fine enough to keep chunks of bee parts and wax from getting into the honey. This is not problematic, … Continue reading

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