wire – The Healthy Honeybee

First Honey Harvest

by Honey

Since I had a super full of crazy curvy comb – that can happen when you don’t use foundation – I couldn’t just pop my honey frames in an extractor and give them a spin. First, I had to cut the comb from the frames. I used the wires in the frames as a guide, so it all came out in strips.

Wacky House Day

by Honey

Here are the results of yet another experiment: I thought I’d try putting honey frames into the hive without foundation. Other beekeepers suggest rubbing beeswax along the top underside of the frame, to encourage the bees to start the foundation along that line. Sounded like a great idea. So I tried it. I put wires in the frames: