Category Archives: Honey

Extraction Flash Mob

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jason

2015 is turning out to be a memorable beekeeping year. There’s been late night mishaps with cops and several angry dog incidents, but I must remember it’s not over yet! I have always invited some close friends to honey extraction ever … Continue reading →

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Blackberry Mead

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Jason

It is time to talk about another use for honey. In this case it’s a use for uncured nectar that would be unstable on a shelf. As many already know if honey isn’t cured to proper moisture content it will … Continue reading →

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From Bees to Beets

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Jason

Last weekend Holly and I canned some beets. ”What the heck does this have to do with bees?!?” Well first off I LOVE PICKLED BEETS! It has everything to do with bees, because several years ago my wife converted from … Continue reading →

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Honey and Walnuts

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Jason

It hit me the other day, I’ve never talked about things I do with honey….. I gave a little bee talk a couple weeks ago to the Bath, Indiana Gardener’s Club. I got to talking about one of the ways … Continue reading →

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Friday night fun

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Jason

Things have been busy here as per normal.  We are shifting gears from our end of summer routines to the preparation for winter.  As stated previously we are preparing for deer season.  It is a family affair that’s more involved … Continue reading →

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Honey Pricing

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jason

After ordering labels next came the second most difficult task of pricing the honey.  If you didn’t know previously I live in Eastern Central Indiana, about an hour east of Indianapolis and an hour north of Cincinnati.  The closest large-ish … Continue reading →

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Labeling Honey

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Jason

At long last the honey labels came in.  In the past the small amounts of honey produced by the bees had just been given away and sold “unlabelled” to friends who didn’t care, but this years crop was too large … Continue reading →

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Bottling Honey

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jason

Beekeeping has made me over use the phrase, “I am done, but not completely”.  I say it often since I caught this buzz.  This years extraction is over, but I am still not done completely.  I have no buyers for … Continue reading →

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Escape boards revisited and video editing

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jason

Several days ago I discussed the use of Escape Boards for clearing bees from honey supers.  At the time there were several unedited video files on the computer that I just didn’t have time to fool with.  Things haven’t slowed … Continue reading →

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Basic extracting

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jason

As I said in yesterday’s post I was able to get the supers pulled that I planned on extracting this fall.  I knew going into this extraction that I did not have enough buckets to hold all of the honey … Continue reading →

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