{"id":411,"date":"2012-07-13T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T15:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busygirldesign.ca\/?p=411"},"modified":"2012-07-13T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T15:10:27","slug":"honey-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/busygirldesign.ca\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Honey harvest!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of mine are beekeepers, and about twice a year I get to go up and help them harvest honey! It&#8217;s an amazing process, and I&#8217;m so thrilled to be able to participate. I went up this past weekend and had a great time.<\/p>\n<p>First you pry the hives open and smoke them in order to calm the bees down<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/418921\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/419123\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThen you take the frames out, and score the wax caps in order to release the honey<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000r0bep\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/430171\/600.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThen the frames go into the spinner, where they&#8217;re spun around until the frames are fully emptied of their honey. If you look closely, you can see the honey flying out of the combs.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000r36a1\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThen you drain and strain the honey through a nylon sock. It traps the wax and other particles in the raw honey. You can then boil the nylon sock in order to save the wax for other uses. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000r4hc0\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/428988\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/430759\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nOnce we&#8217;re done, it goes into cute little bottles ready for sale at Irwin&#8217;s General Store in Kazabazua. If you&#8217;re interested in buying some, let me know and I&#8217;ll put you in touch with the right people! <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000qpcby\"><\/p>\n<p>Culling honey is a messy business, and you will most definitely get it everywhere. Thankfully honey is antibacterial, which means there&#8217;s no harm in licking your fingers clean!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some other neat shots I took of the process<\/p>\n<p>Bee flying and eating honey at the same time<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000r5w7q\"><\/p>\n<p>\nDark honey from different types of flowers. The honey tastes different depending on which flowers they pollenate<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/pic\/000r6z37\"><\/p>\n<p>Bee larvae<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/429833\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Newbies!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/elektrafying\/369735\/430466\/original.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of mine are beekeepers, and about twice a year I get to go up and help them harvest honey! It&#8217;s an amazing process, and I&#8217;m so thrilled to be able to participate. I went up this past weekend and had a great time. 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