Honey
Last weekend was really special for us. On Saturday, our beekeeping mentor, Mr. M., invited us out so Mr. Bee could help him pull apart and inspect his hives and ready the capped honey frames for harvest. After Mr. Bee saw exactly what to look for, we went right over to our hives to see what - if - we could harvest. We did not take any honey from the North Hive. Though we're not confident they'll make it through the winter, we're going to let them try. The South Hive gave us almost 6 frames of honey to harvest. That's not a lot, but we were thrilled. I told Mr. Bee while he was pulling the frames, "I'm not going to lie...I'll be disappointed if we don't get to take any honey this year." We didn't feel disappointed at all. Mr. Bee and a frame we harvested, heavy with honey. The night we took the frames out, the temps were still in the upper 70's after a day of summer heat, and we noticed the bee...