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The Wood Nymph using the hot knife to cut off the cappings. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5086.jpg) Ready for the extractor. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5089.jpg) The cappings pan. This will be strained through cheesecloth for the next three or more weeks. Not only do we use the cosmetic grade bee's wax but there is probably 3/4 gallon of honey lurking in there. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5103-1.jpg) The old fart and his lady work the extractor. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5102-1.jpg) Liquid gold starts to pour out of the extractor. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5096.jpg) A piece of comb filled with buckwheat honey. It is easy to tell as buckwheat honey is black. The amber honey is mostly wild berry. ![[Linked Image]](http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5107-1.jpg) The foreman watches over us and keeps us in line. [img] http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/compassrosefarms/2011%20Honey%20EX/DSC_5101-1.jpg[/img]
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How'd your hives do through the Winter? The girls should have been out and about the last couple of days.
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Looking good Scott and you are right it is liquid gold.
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That really looks good Scott!
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We went into winter with three colonies of bees. One in the wall of our cabin we can do nothing for or with and two hived. One of the hived colonies was weak and they did not make it. The other two were flying today and look good.
Going to try for an early split this spring and try to hive a couple of swarms.
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One of nature's guiltless treats, and one I enjoy quite often. I love honey on a warm biscuit, on oatmeal, or smeared on toast 'n' peanut butter.
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I love honey on Hot Biscuits
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That sure looks good. I wonder what was the main source of pollen?
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I wish I had a tenth of your skill and knowledge. Your posts of life on the farm continue to amaze me.
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That sure looks good. I wonder what was the main source of pollen? Lots of sources. Willow early like now, maple and alder soon, then it is the dandelions and the crops we grow here. I love honey on Hot Biscuits So do I along with cornbread made from our dried sweet corn and fresh ground in out stone mill. But none of it is no my diet. No corn, no wheat and no honey.  
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I wish I had a tenth of your skill and knowledge. Your posts of life on the farm continue to amaze me. Pick a date and spend your vacation here with your family. I will be glad to show everything I know. Then after lunch we will go fishing. 
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Will you be re-queening your existing boxed hive this spring?
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Ok Scott a jar is in the mail! My buddy who had bees here quit. 
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Will you be re-queening your existing boxed hive this spring? Not sure Steve. We are in an aria that has a wild bee population that is resistant to several nasty bee diseases. If I find supersedure cells I and the weather is right for good mating I would be inclined to let them do their own thing. Same with the splits. Just make sure one frame has eggs and let them take care of the rest.
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Ok Scott a jar is in the mail! My buddy who had bees here quit. I just might be able to fill it with bees and send it back. 
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they would suffocate here...I brought a skeeter back from Pat's place and he flew back south.
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I'll poke lots of air holes.
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Not from the jar from the altitude
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Whew! I thought your wife got stuck, from the thread title...... All's that's missing from your post is some fresh buttermilk biscuits!
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BUCKWHEAT HONEY ???? OMG ! Do you know what I'd give to get a taste of that there honey ? I have been looking for it a long time ![[Linked Image]](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/Lynn_D_1961/4ecc862a.gif)
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