That's how they say it in some places in the south ... today I
extracted 15 frames of honey , 5 and 10 each from my two strongest hives
.. The yield was 10 quarts and 10 pints , six of each have chunks of comb
.. I didn't check them frequently enough and there was a *cross-comb mess
in both hives . Both had tons of honey even after I robbed them - and I
didn't mind cutting that comb out of the frames and jarring it , I can
charge a premium for "chunk honey" . At my asking price that's nearly
400 bucks worth of product . The tourist season is on and they're coming
in droves , and this is the kind of stuff they look for ...
*Each box , or "super" has 10 frames for the bees to draw out their
comb , and usually they draw it out straight down the frames . Sometimes
they jump from frame to frame , putting the comb crosswise to the frames
.. Makes harvesting difficult , because you have to cut the frames apart
to extract the honey . And when you cut it , all the sweet goodness runs
out all over the place . It's going to take me a month to find all the
sticky and wipe it down .
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Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum