How Sweet It Is

Bryan and my parents harvested the honey from the bees last week. If you've never tried local honey, it's fantastic!! Here are a few pictures of the process:

This is a frame that the bees filled with honey. Our hive holds about 18 of these frames,

and the bees spend the entire spring and summer

building honeycomb and filling it with honey.

The bees cover the filled honeycomb with wax, preserving it. So, in order to access the honey, Bryan used a hot knife to cut the wax away, allowing the honey to drip out.

Elise tasted some honey right from the drippy honeycomb.

She thought it was delicious!!

This state of the art machine spins the frames so that the honey drips off the

frame and gathers in the bottom of the drum. Dad did a great job spinning!

Once the frames are all spun, the hone is then filtered through

this strainer and into a large pot.

Mmmmm, look at that golden honey!

Next, my mom poured the honey into jars. The 50 pounds of

honey that they harvested came out to be 36 pint-sized jars.