Full honey frames - now what? pics here

[beegrlAK]

I know they're close, I'm just not sure how close?  Two more days?  One more day?  I think I just saw bees chasing my husband out the window!  

[Brandy]

I'd be extracting before the sun sets tonight!!!  You're just going to be uncapping the cells anyway, save the bees some trouble.  Then return to the bees to fill them up again.  Have fun, enjoy the honey!!

[luvin honey]

Wow--that's beautiful! I would love to come help you :D A visit to Alaska AND some fresh honey! Enjoy :)

[JP]

One to two days tops, but if you shake the frame and honey doesn't come out of the cells, which I really don't believe it will by your pictures, you can go ahead and harvest now.


...JP

[G3farms]

That is a beautiful frame of honey, your girls did you a fine job.

I agree with the others above.

Good luck with it and enjoy.

G3

[SlickMick]

I would give it a couple of days.. I'd like to see a few more cells capped

But you should be really happy with that. Great frame of honey.... yum

Mick

[applebwoi]

Get it now. Even if those uncapped are a bit above the optimum moisture content, when you mix it all together the few uncapped won't hurt the rest.  I've been told that when a strong flow is going on that the bees sometimes get behind and don't cap everything until the flow slows down even thought the moisture content is right for capping??

[beegrlAK]

I spun out two frames tonight, oh my gosh, it is so wonderful, thick, and just incredible taste.  I couldn't keep my husband out of it.  He said he'd never really enjoyed honey before.  I'll put those frames back in tomorrow, I might pull a few more the end of this week.  All the fireweed is blooming around my house, daisies, lots of clover still.

[asprince]

It looks like fresh drawn comb. With a strong flow and the bees not having to draw the wax, they could easily fill the super again in no time. Sling it out and put them back.


Looks good,

Steve