GLC
Head Chef
Well, it's culinary because I cook with it and eat it, and it's garden because - well, just because it's in the garden.
I committed the robbery just after noon. It was a bright, sunny day, and the victims were drowsy and unprepared. I entered through the roof and pried open the main hall and made off with their goods before they could organize a response.
My first harvest of honey from the bee colony I started last summer. I only began with about 10,000 bees, so I gave them the year to get established. The main nectar season is over here, so it was time to see how they did. This is a "top bar" hive, basically a long box with wooden bars down the length for them to build on. I took four combs and left the rest for them to go into the fall and winter, since I don't know how the drought will do this fall.
I got just over 13-1/2 pounds of honey and comb, which will do us for a while. I suited up - first time I have ever worn protection with these bees - but needn't have. They made no objection. They're nice bees. I can open their hive in only a tee shirt and a cap to keep them out of my hair. Next year, I'll split the colony into a second hive. (This spring, I waited too late, and they split themselves, and half of them were last seen flying off to a new home. Fortunately, they can't take their honey with them.) Consider it my contribution to the bee colony shortage.
I committed the robbery just after noon. It was a bright, sunny day, and the victims were drowsy and unprepared. I entered through the roof and pried open the main hall and made off with their goods before they could organize a response.
My first harvest of honey from the bee colony I started last summer. I only began with about 10,000 bees, so I gave them the year to get established. The main nectar season is over here, so it was time to see how they did. This is a "top bar" hive, basically a long box with wooden bars down the length for them to build on. I took four combs and left the rest for them to go into the fall and winter, since I don't know how the drought will do this fall.
I got just over 13-1/2 pounds of honey and comb, which will do us for a while. I suited up - first time I have ever worn protection with these bees - but needn't have. They made no objection. They're nice bees. I can open their hive in only a tee shirt and a cap to keep them out of my hair. Next year, I'll split the colony into a second hive. (This spring, I waited too late, and they split themselves, and half of them were last seen flying off to a new home. Fortunately, they can't take their honey with them.) Consider it my contribution to the bee colony shortage.