This year has been odd in regards to honey production. We would normally harvest wildflower honey early June and sourwood honey in July, but June was a bust. We ended up with one medium plastic frame that wouldn’t seat in the extractor and one large frame that fell apart and dumped all the comb inContinue reading “Honey Refractometer”
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Multi-oil honey soap
The first multi-oil honey soap I made didn’t cure well, so I was a little worried about buying even more ingredients to try another complex recipe. Still, it’s a great moisturizing soap, even if we go through a bar in two days because it’s so soft even after 2 months of cure time. This time,Continue reading “Multi-oil honey soap”
Stihl Garden Pruner
Hubby finally found a “chainsaw” that is just right for me – a Stihl GTA 26 garden pruner! It’s a light-weight, battery-operated hand pruner that is capable of cutting down saplings and trimming tree limbs. I cleared part of the view of the creek with it yesterday afternoon, and we’ve been using a variety ofContinue reading “Stihl Garden Pruner”
Sourwood Trees and Honey
Sourwood trees put on quite a show at this time of the year with their feathery white fronds of flowers, especially when the sunlight hits them just right. I spent much of last year wandering through our woods trying to find one that I can see from my desk late afternoons but never did findContinue reading “Sourwood Trees and Honey”
Soaps, Lotions, and Salves
We’ve had the book Beeswax Alchemy for quite a while, but we had to build the workshop before I could start refining wax and trying different recipes. My large workbench is ideal for refining wax and making candles, and I thought I’d make everything there but realized it was less than ideal for some projects.Continue reading “Soaps, Lotions, and Salves”
Bees in Trees – 80 feet up!
Sometimes it seems that bees know just when I’m wearing a dress and heels or when we have ice-cream in the back of the car after a grocery run — they just know when to make swarming more of a challenge for us. Then I have to think back on the swarm that moved intoContinue reading “Bees in Trees – 80 feet up!”
Experimenting with Beeswax
I do believe that this has been the longest breaks between blogs, but it didn’t seem like anything new was happening in the bee yard! It’s too warm. It’s too cold. It’s raining too much. Some weak hives didn’t survive sub-zero temperatures but others did. There’s a lot of pollen coming in. That’s the CliffnotesContinue reading “Experimenting with Beeswax”
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