Honey Harvest 2011

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.