Today is a relatively cool day for June with temps in the 70s, so it's a good day to harvest more honey. I took the top super off Apollo and found all 8 frames were filled with honey, so I removed them. This is a shallow super and I was pleased to see that the honey is a light amber, plus most of the frames were dry capped. They look "cleaner" than some previous frames that had multi-colored pollen stores as well as honey.
When I scrape the wax cappings off these frames, I'm hoping to be able to wash and melt them down to use as a side product — perhaps candles or hand cream. So there is my winter project!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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