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, c! That honey is just the most beautiful color! I can smell it from here 😉 Hairy really does his role as sitter quite well doesn’t he?
Hope the internet gets straightened out soon. I know how frustrating that can be.
what do you do with all of your honey in your own household?
I bake bread three times a week sweetened with honey. We are going to try icecream with honey this year too. It is my main sweetener in the kitchen. Have you ever drizzled a little over roasted potatoes in their last few minutes?. . My goal of course is to sell a wee bit too. But we will see how much I get in first. morning terry!! c
i can see u use it for lots of things!!!i never would have thought of this, if i do have it here it is on toast
Beautiful looking honey.
Miraculous! I am so happy your bees are doing well. I wonder–in complete ignorance–what do you do with your beeswax?
Morning Alice.. I make candles with the beeswax!… c
I love the smell of beeswax candles. The best!
Hey, good news! I hope you have a wonderful harvest. Clover and alfalfa honey are the “Organic” honeys we can buy in Vancouver and they are fantastic. Actually, we can now keep a bee hive in the city, (providing ft away from next door and blah…blah…blah) but it’s a good sign. 🙂
that is pretty awesome veronica, you can get a good years worth of honey from one hive.. are you thinking of getting one?.. c
Oh yes! As soon as I get back from England in mid Sept there is a course I can take to learn the basics. I’d love, LOVE one. And think of the effect on my little veggie plot too. 🙂
No pun intended, but what a rich post! I am super busy this morning and thought I’d read later…until I saw the word “honey” in your title. I must have a little Pooh in me, too! I’ve wondered about your bees with the crazy weather, so I’m glad Mercury hasn’t upset their productivity. It’s really a gorgeous color, Celi, and what a lovely tradition of passing on the first of the harvest! I can’t wait to read last year’s post…I’m currently considering what I need to plant to “up” my own bee attraction! I hope the weekend is good to you and some of your internet/camera concerns take a step forward! 🙂 Debra
Bees are the best….just look at the fruit of their labor !!!
That Hairy….what a great animal in your care, he is a star !!
The Shush sisters have a sense of humor all their own !!
Good Morning C….I get to have the company of a special
Short person this day….Little Boy Blue…..a treat.
Great color on the honey! Our honey has a similar color in the early Spring and it is so delightful tasting of tropical fruit notes from all the fruit tree blossoms. We love your blog, keep at it.
well thank you yummy and also love your garden pages! c
I love clover honey!
I laughed out loud at poor long-suffering Hairy McLairy and his piggy brood climbing all over him. I suppose they enjoy his great wooly feel every bit as much as we would. Give him a great big old hug for me, please, Cecilia.
Love the pale color of that honey. Did the Tall Teenager take those photos of you? He is doing a splendid job. Please pass along my compliments.
I shall audrey, he will love that. thank you.. c
Hairy is so sweet to keep an eye on the girls. I’ve never seen honey harvested. Pretty interesting stuff!
I would lick all of the leftover honey from the bowl in a second :). The honey looks wonderful!
I know there’s a lot of hard work involved, but you’ve got them all friendly and talking together like my farm set, when I was about 4 or 5!
What sweet animals you have – and bees 😉
I wish you’d come down to Texas and give us some advice on a hive of bees we acquired from a friend. They must be pretty africanized, because they sure are quick to pop us when they think we’re being offensively loud. We’re debating on whether or not to keep them. I love the photos of your pretty jars; that light yellow honey is gorgeous.
That sounds pretty anti social Andrea, My first thought is that the hive always takes its cue (attitude) from the queen. If you can, buy yourself an Italian Queen, find and euthanise your bad queen and introduce the new queen to your hive.. I know that sounds nasty but it will make a huge difference, make sure she is slowly introduced to your hive though. This is not an uncommon practice. So there is plenty of info on how to do it.. Finding your mean queen will be the hardest bit.. let me know how it goes! c