Honey and The Bees

Is gathering honey an art? I don’t know but those bees create a masterpiece of honey comb perfectly shaped, perfectly filled.

The fact that bees all have a ready personal weapon makes you want to be sure you’re well covered and know what the heck you’re doing.

We didn’t so we proceeded with caution and amazement. In the end we had 20 pints.

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Beekeepers

Suited up

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Exposed!

Cleary there’s been a lot of gathering honey

When you look at those perfect little building blocks for storing honey it’s a marvel

When you look at those perfect little building blocks for storing honey it’s a marvel

Without a spinner, we scrape and filter by hand

Without a spinner, we scrape and filter by hand

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Every helper got their own jar of honey

Every helper got their own jar of honey