We finally got to taste the fruit of our labor for this year. We harvested honey this weekend!
Here are a three videos documenting the process. This is the last big bee event of the year. You might say it was bitter sweet since our friends and partners are moving away next week.
You might notice that our bee wardrobe has been significantly upgraded. This is complements of our neighbors who are looking out for us in their absence.
Here is our preparation for the harvest. It includes installing the bee escape (device used to move bees out of the honey super), and generally checking on things.
Here is the main harvest stuff. It includes robbing the comb, decapping, and extracting.
Here is the final installment. It includes reconfiguring the hive, straining the honey, and letting the bees clean things up for us. The bees seemed to like this part best.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Highlights for October
Lauren the lady bug two years ago. (October 2009)
Look at me now! (Same costume...) (October 2011)
Andrew got more teeth!
Lauren and Mommy had a slumber party in the sleep lab at Memorial Hermann. They did a sleep study for Lauren, it was quite an ordeal. She had over 20 wires attached all over her head and monitoring all sorts of things. We have decided Daddy should come up with a wireless system for this type of thing! Lauren got about 4 hours of sleep. Mommy got about 30 minutes of sleep. She was a trooper so we celebrated with waffles the next morning!
Andrew was our little bumble bee this year. He won a ribbon at the neighborhood trick or treat street party. He was pretty stinkin' cute!
Andrew and Lauren both still love school. Lauren has learned her colors and how to count to 3. We had her public school evaluation for the Preschool Pprogram for Children with Disabilities (PPCD) and she did fantastic. She will go to Glenloch Elementary two days a week starting in January.
Andrew loved his first trip to the zoo! The gorillas were his favorite! Lauren enjoyed watching the elephants get a bath and brush their teeth!
Lauren and Andrew are the same size now, so people think they are twins!
Lauren, Andrew and Daddy got to sit in a firetruck at a neighborhood night out. The kids also enjoyed a small ferris wheel. Andrew was shaking the cage for more so the operator let him go around several times before he had to get out! He was very pleased.
Potty Training is not going very well. Lauren will sit on the potty for a good 15 minutes reading books, however no luck going potty. But as you can see we can put pull-ups on our feet!
We have had a great fall so far. The heat wave is gone, and we are having the longest run of good health we have had all year. Good times for the Trott Tribe!
Look at me now! (Same costume...) (October 2011)
Andrew got more teeth!
Lauren and Mommy had a slumber party in the sleep lab at Memorial Hermann. They did a sleep study for Lauren, it was quite an ordeal. She had over 20 wires attached all over her head and monitoring all sorts of things. We have decided Daddy should come up with a wireless system for this type of thing! Lauren got about 4 hours of sleep. Mommy got about 30 minutes of sleep. She was a trooper so we celebrated with waffles the next morning!
Andrew was our little bumble bee this year. He won a ribbon at the neighborhood trick or treat street party. He was pretty stinkin' cute!
Andrew and Lauren both still love school. Lauren has learned her colors and how to count to 3. We had her public school evaluation for the Preschool Pprogram for Children with Disabilities (PPCD) and she did fantastic. She will go to Glenloch Elementary two days a week starting in January.
Andrew loved his first trip to the zoo! The gorillas were his favorite! Lauren enjoyed watching the elephants get a bath and brush their teeth!
Lauren and Andrew are the same size now, so people think they are twins!
Look out Michael Jordan... Andrew Trott is in the house! We had fun playing basketball at the YMCA for a friend's birthday party.
Lauren, Andrew and Daddy got to sit in a firetruck at a neighborhood night out. The kids also enjoyed a small ferris wheel. Andrew was shaking the cage for more so the operator let him go around several times before he had to get out! He was very pleased.
Potty Training is not going very well. Lauren will sit on the potty for a good 15 minutes reading books, however no luck going potty. But as you can see we can put pull-ups on our feet!We have had a great fall so far. The heat wave is gone, and we are having the longest run of good health we have had all year. Good times for the Trott Tribe!
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