Hairy MacLairy, the long suffering ram, was left to watch the Shush Sisters yesterday. 
He is benevolent Uncle personified.. or ramified as the case may be. 
So he took them over to visit with Queenie Wineti under the tree where they could play in the muck. 
While I stole a couple of jars of honey. 
It appears that we are going to have a good harvest. 
I have at least twenty frames full and capped. 
Ready to go. The bees will mind them for me and next week I shall harvest them. Yesterday I took only one frame and got three little jars of honey. 
Good morning. I am late posting this morning due to the increasingly frustrating internet issues. Maybe Mercury really is playing with my gear.
Those are air bubbles that you can see in the jars of honey! These will have settled by this morning. The first jars are always given away. This is a custom from my family and my country. (New Zealand) So one of these is off to the Old Codger this morning. One will be held for my favourite Fed ex delivery man and one to The Matriarch. And there is a little still in the bowl, from the overnight drain, left for me. I am tempted to just pop my finger in there and lick it like pooh bear. The taste is much more delicate than last year. And the colour is light. I think it is all the yellow blossom clover that I sowed in the fields. This is going to be spectacular.
Have a lovely day.
celi
On this day a year ago.. We are looking at flowers you can plant for your bees in your garden. How well timed.
The Kitchen's Garden 
86 responses to “Hairy MacLairy Babysits while Miss C Harvests Honey!”
Good morning 🙂
I love the custom of giving away the first product. I wish I lived near by.
The color of your honey is amazing and I am sure the taste is a perfect match for it
My grandmother used to have hives put on her farm in the bush. The bee man gave us large tins of fragrant, dark honey that lasted us all year. Fresh honey – what a treat!
Oh honey, honey! Oh wait, you know what I mean C. That is one patient sheep.
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Such clear and pretty honey!
Lovely honey! Don’t get me started on Mercury – 3 appliance malfunctions/breakdowns this week. Things come in 3’s, so hopefully that’s enough for now.
That ram is very tolerant. I love seeing how the different species play together. That’s lovely looking honey and how generous to give away the first of the harvest. I’m sure the recipients will treasure it! xx
Yellow Blossom Clover Honey.. I’m dying to see some pretty wee labels on these jars, c! How lovely that would look with the farmy’s signature on the back! xx Ship some to me soon, eh??
I don’t have a label!!! OH NO! we don’t even have a logo.. what to do.. c
You are in good company Celi. Sir Edmond Hillary must be the most famous bee keeper in the world. Virginia
I’ve been away, and missed the farmy! Amazing how many times thoughts of it popped into my head. We took a “scenic route” drive into town & saw a small pig farm with a dozen cute piglets, and I thought immediately of the Shush Sisters… love the photos of HM Shush Sister sitting 🙂
Well there you are – harvesting your honey. I see you have the honey production taking place in a deep super. It’s all we can do to lift a full medium super – 80-100#’s…how do you do it? Your light honey looks beautiful – wish we could trade jars of honey. I love trying other fresh, pure honey…but somehow I always think mine is most delicious. I love my bees and think I’m about to begin feeding due to the hot weather we’re having. Luckily we did get an inch of rain Tuesday evening – much needed!