My bees got robbed yesterday

[swampcat]

I admit it, I did it.. my mentors came over with a two frame extractor some plastic sealable tubs. I pulled 10 frames of capped honey, and cranked them out.. filtered through 3 different filters.. and now its sitting in a bucket for 3 days, before we are suppose to skim it off..

Sweet stuff..

I have a field of buckwheat in bloom now.. but I think I will try to feed some sugar water to see if the bees take it.
I think we are in the nectar dearth now.. and I figure I may have pulled to much honey yesterday..

I let the bees clean up the equipment yesterday,, reminded me of free beer on the beach at a navy base.

[pokeyjeeper]

If you put out some feed and they come to it fast you'll know your in a dearth good to see you got the sweet reward of beekeeping why did you filter it 3 times and do you let it sit for 3 days and skim it

[farmertrappe]

Sweet, enjoy the rewards of your and your Bees hard work. Feed them up till they stop using it, IMHO

[swampcat]

Jul 14, 2017 7:57:20 GMT -5 pokeyjeeper said:

If you put out some feed and they come to it fast you'll know your in a dearth good to see you got the sweet reward of beekeeping why did you filter it 3 times and do you let it sit for 3 days and skim it

The bee keepers (my mentors) had the filters 3 different sizes they strained the honey through. and they said to let it sit three days to bring impurities to the top.. there were a few drone eggs in the comb. I cut them out the best I could..

I know when i was a kid we just cut out comb honey and let it bleed in the jars..This way seems better to me.. didn't have any dead bees or stuff in it..

the bee keepers hive swarmed on April first, and it didn't have much honey in it.. it sits next to mine hive.
all I can figure is my hive collected nectar from the crimson clover, because it bloomed in April.. because their hive was weak at the time, it didn't get much of the nectar.. just trying to figure the bees out

[swampcat]

We got 10 pints for ourselves. The bee keepers who helped and we used their equipment took two quarts..

I thought pretty good for a package bought in March..

[pokeyjeeper]

10 pints sounds good to me