My neighbour has taken up bee-keeping. A few weeks ago he bought over some honeycombs. I left it sit on my kitchen bench for a few weeks. Occasionally I would open the container and scoop up some honey with my fingers. But today I started googling how to separate the honey from the beeswax. Unless the neighbour starts giving me a lot more it probably won't be worth too much effort. I think I ended up with about 200ml of honey. And I know for certain that there is no added sugar, unlike those supermarket brands .
#Honey #Bees
Hive hopes: Northern Alberta beekeepers optimistic after years of low honey yields
Apiaries in northern Alberta have experienced challenging seasons for their bees in recent years. The Peace region suffered a 52 per cent drop in honey yields in 2024. Beekeepers are hoping this turns around when harvest rolls around this summer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/peace-region-honey-yields-9.7167452?cmp=rss
Hive hopes: Northern Alberta beekeepers optimistic after years of low honey yields
Apiaries in northern Alberta have experienced challenging seasons for their bees in recent years. The Peace region suffered a 52 per cent drop in honey yields in 2024. Beekeepers are hoping this turns around when harvest rolls around this summer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/peace-region-honey-yields-9.7167452?cmp=rss

OK Googly gals and guyz,

It is well past my #breakfast time. Gotta see wot is in the cupboard. I might 'ave some of that qood quality #hamster food (aka #Muesli, no sugar or salt - sweetened with dried fruit)

Maybe a couple of eggs over easy as they say in #USA (Universal Sexist Ape-men). In the #UK they are #factory #farmed. Sorry chicks. With lions printed on them. That's right #Lion eggs. Delish with baked beans...

Oh wait have some home made #sourdough bread. That sounds good with tahini, Forest #honey and coffee...

Decisions. Decisions. Will make them whilst I still can-can...

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Guess what!
I am officially in the world of beekeeping! 🐝
My dad has been a beekeeper my whole life, and he gave me an empty bee box. A wild swarm of honeybees was on my property and we have safely got the queen and the other bees into the box 🌷

My next order of business is to plant flowers

#bees #beekeeping #pollinators #honey

I realize the bees mentioned in the article are not honey bees, but an old man can dream. A hive of carnivorous honey bees colonizing and consuming one's corpse, and making honey out of it...delightful! ...the #bees eat your body, your loved ones get jars of the honey. My body is already spoken for, but I'd sign up for that if the kids get some of the #honey.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-just-discovered-5-6-million-bees-under-a-new-york-cemetery/

Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery

This whopping bee aggregation is one of the largest and oldest ever recorded, according to a new study

Scientific American