Since there have been a couple of threads about harvest and crush and strain I thought I would jump in here.
I knew there was some great stuff going on in the first year nuc (1 of 3 hives started this year, others are packages) so I opened up the top medium box today (the three under it are very happily doing the brood thing) and pulled out three nice full frames of white capped honey.
After doing a crush and strain the honey is slowly seeping through the three filters into the five gallon bucket. It looks like I will be getting about 10 to 15 lbs of really nice honey out of it.
Until I get into the big time I will continue to take frames when I can (of course leaving enough for the gals to get through the short mild winters that we have here) and doing crush and strain.
Is it just me or does your first harvest of honey taste like the best you have ever eaten?
yummmm!
Chuck