Saturday, February 6, 2021

Honey! Super!

The honey super - upside down

 Here I have placed the honey super (ie top level) from a native bee hive on a table and I am poking holes in the honey pots with a bamboo skewer. Soon I will flip the honey super over to allow the honey to pour out.

I intend to leave most of the propolis (mixture of bee wax and tree resin) so the bees can quickly rebuild.

The bees are still very calm - they are crawling around the hive and not flying in a defensive cloud.

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