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!”
What lovely honey! I hope you did lick that bowl clean.
I most certainly did!!! c
If anyone has allergies, local honey is good to use to desensitize yourself.
That honey, as beautiful a it is, also has healing properties. so now you can add
“herbal healer” to the list of everything else you do…
What lovely honey customs you have. Love your babysitter.
Is there anything you do not know how to do?
Norma, there is so much still to learn! Isn’t that exciting! c
My mouth was watering as I read this blog post! The farmy critters look happy these days……
This post made me smile, both from Mr. McLairy babysitting and the honey gathering and it’s customs…and I needed a smile today! We got your hail storm last night, knocked over trees and plants, flooded our basement and came through the ceiling fan in the living room all over my rug! Fortunately no serious damage for us, but neighbors lost both cars to a tree. At least we don’t have to worry about our cars…or hay! 🙂
betsy.. how awful.. what a terrible storm, glad you guys are ok but goodness.. c
Aw, honey….the photographs are fantastic. I guess that will see you all the way through the winter, Celi?
I do hope so Kate, we will harvest on monday if all goes well and then see how much we have.. c
How interesting….so there is nothing more to do than put the honey in the jars? I’m fascinated how it would taste and your comment that its sweeter than last year due to the yellow blossom clover. My father loved to drive out to Amish country and purchase various types of honey, but I never really questioned or thought of the process. You always open my eyes and wonder to the world, Miss C!
that is the magic of honey, you drain it filter it and into the jars.. perfect! c
Great pics of Hairy & the Shush Sisters. Benevolent Uncle is right!
Considering the problems your hives experienced early this year, seeing that golden honey is certainly a welcome sight. You must be thrilled! When I return home next month, it will be Honey Weekend. Although not nearly as light in color as yours, that honey is very popular around here. I bring back a dozen jars for my neighbor, alone.
Hope you’re having a great day, Celi.
they must love getting their honey deliveries in the big city!! I can just see you driving back with the back seat covered in jars of gold! c
Timely post as I have been researching getting bees myself – more inspired after seeing your beautiful harvest!
Does clover blossom honey crystallise quickly?
My brother-in-law keeps bees and they have a lot of oil seed rape nearby and that means honey which chrysalises quickly.
just warm it, it goes runny again, i never worry about it going crystallised, last year I had a problem with one batch but the year before it was beautiful for the whole twelve months, It definitely has something to do with the flowers.. c
a right honey of a post… (ow) – love it!
Ho! Cecilia, you should write a storybook! Wait. Didn’t you say a while back that you were writing a book or two or is this all in my imagination? Rachel is right… honey of a post. There is no telling what will happen next in the lives of Miss C, Queenie and the rest of the merry barnyard bunch. How was the honey?
gorgeous honey granny!! nothing like home made! cx
The honey looks fabulous C! I can just taste it. And Miss A would have certainly licked it right out of the bowl. She just loves honey. Gotta love Hairy MaClairy too. He looks like a good uncle. 🙂
Don’t recall ever seeing such clear and light nectar of the Gods – now, dear C, have you tried to see whether it has the same medicinal qualities as your world famous Manuka [by which I swear!] ?
The honey is amazingly light-coloured. Mmmm! I can almost taste it from here. I laughed at Hairy McLairy babysitting and your newly-coined word ‘ramified’!!