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jamanda
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Posted: Sat May 02, 09 4:35 pm Post subject: My own honey!
I cleaned some wild comb off my frames and it was full of honey They've started to move upstairs now too.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sat May 02, 09 4:39 pm Post subject:
how exciting, there is nothing quite like that first taste of honey for the year. Wish I still had bees

ksia

Joined: 17 May 2006
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Location: Mayenne, France

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 4:59 pm Post subject:
Wow - great!

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 5:19 pm Post subject:
Smashing---here's hoping for a good summer and needing lots of supers.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 5:20 pm Post subject:
Well Head Office told me she'd prefer bees to chickens... so I feel bees coming on. Mind you, wont the eggs be a lot smaller & harder to find?

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 6:02 pm Post subject:
Brilliant! Darn, you are tipping me over into thinking about this seriously.

snowball
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Posted: Sat May 02, 09 6:04 pm Post subject:
Fantastic.

joanne

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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 6:28 pm Post subject:
Wonderful isn't it - Nothing like your first batch of honey - Are they bringing in OSR?

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sat May 02, 09 6:31 pm Post subject:
Oh how wonderful Well done bees

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 6:45 pm Post subject:
Mmmm honey oozing out of the comb... suprised noone has asked for photos yet!

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat May 02, 09 8:22 pm Post subject:

jocorless wrote:

Wonderful isn't it - Nothing like your first batch of honey - Are they bringing in OSR?

No - they don't grow it much round here - this was all runny and lovely.

Mrs Baggins

Joined: 21 Sep 2008
Posts: 837
Location: West Kent

Posted: Sun May 03, 09 8:11 pm Post subject:
Fancy some help with that? ENJOY!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon May 04, 09 4:52 am Post subject:
Nothing tastes better. Aspecially spread on toast in the morning.

Love2fuss

Joined: 08 Apr 2009
Posts: 16
Location: Hertfordshire

Posted: Mon May 04, 09 7:04 pm Post subject:
Yum! It must be exciting having your own bees and honey. What's OSR tho?

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon May 04, 09 7:07 pm Post subject:

Love2fuss wrote:

Yum! It must be exciting having your own bees and honey.
What's OSR tho?

Oil seed rape - the bees love it, presumably because a whole field of it is such easy pickings for them, but it makes rubbish, thick, granular honey that is very difficult to extract (apparently)

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