Honey Flow

Honey Flow, July 2010

We have just taken off the honey-containing supers from our first and third hives which are our large colony of yellow carnolean bees, and a smaller colony of native English black bees from Lloyd Tredell. Despite a solid smoking, the black bees, only a four-frame nucleaus one month ago, were very reluctant to lose their honey supplies today, and I am typing with a rapidly swelling venomous thumb. They can also sting through denim. Nonetheless, from one super and five frames we have about 35lb of honey. I'll add more bee-related news when I return from Durham on Friday.

Thanks to Robert and Clare Knight of Middle Barton for the loan of their most excellent antediluvian honey extractor, which is still going strong.