We have had a wonderful year and I fear that our extraction efforts are not quite over. With our last extraction adventure we harvested another 11 gallons. (Some beeks like to measure in pounds but I like it in gallons because one gallon of honey weighs between 11.63 pounds and 12.05 pounds) Reina still has a medium super that I am waiting for her to cap and Brunhilda has a medium as well that needs to be capped. This is the season of waiting for those girls to get off of their little stingers and cap the frames so I can kindly steal them. It sounds evil but I always make sure they have enough for the winter.
So for the year we have harvested 18 gallons or about 209 pounds. I still have one hive to check. Carmody (the hive in our back yard) has been working on capping a shallow super so hopefully that is done and I can get them ready for winter. I always get nervous during the fall becuase you have to make sure the bees are ready for the big freeze.
