The beginning of 2016 was pretty discouraging. It looked like we had
lost all but one
hive. After successfully
relocating a swarm and discovering one of the collapsed colonies was
indeed still alive, we were excited again. With the addition of this
new swarm, we are back up to 3
hives.
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| A swarm in a small tree. |
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| Removing the branch with the swarm. |
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| A bucket full of bees, ready to go home. |
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| The bees are all settled into their new home. We'll feed them sugar syrup for a few weeks to get them started. |
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Since the winter was mild and we did not harvest honey in 2015, we had an abundance to harvest early this spring. It was our darkest, tastiest batch yet. We harvested just over 2.5 gallons, which sold out very quickly.
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| Have you ever seen honey so dark? |
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| Honey color scale. Our recent batch was as dark as it comes! |
We also redesigned our logo and labels for a more professional look for this batch of honey, and made available for the first time, a larger sized jar. We hope to have another batch later in 2016. Be sure to like
our Facebook page for updates on our honey availability.
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| New logo and labels, and new large jar size. |
