If you are friends with me on facebook or instagram - then you will know already that we have bee hives for the first time this year! It has become a new found hobby of Peter's and although I don't know as much as he does about it all - I will say it really is quite amazing!
Peter took a beekeeping course at the University of MN last year and learned all about bees, their anatomy, and honey production/harvesting. This spring we drove to Stillwater, MN to pick up our first set of bees and that began the Morrow hives!
Apparently this summer was a particularly good summer for beekeeping. I can't exactly tell you why, but I will say that Peter was very pleased with our colony and how things went for Morrow Hives year #1!
I really love how much Peter loves it and has done a great job of "showing me the ropes". For Father's Day this year he got a second suit - so I was able to go out and see inside the hive for the first time last week which was really cool.
Over labor day weekend Peter harvested the honey and I helped with the bottling and labeling. We got an amazing 75 pounds of honey (approx), which is about 5 gallons. It is very delicious honey with a floral taste.
I am so proud of my husband!
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| Newly extracted honey being poured out of the extractor and going through a filter |
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| getting ready to bottle! |
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| our loot! |
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| had to add this one in there. my first time out in the hives. |
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