Cleaning Extractor
Cleaning the extractor. Getting ready to start extracting honey today! 🐝🍯
Swarm Trap Full of Bees Survives Fall From Tree
This is what happens when I don’t follow the rules I teach for swarm trap capture. Always take the box down and transfer the bees in 24 to 48 hours max. Unavoidable circumstances caused me to leave this one in the tree for 15 to 18 days during the nectar flow. Box became too heavy due to honey, broke the hanger, fell 12ft, bounced, rolled a couple times and landed upright, only a few feet from the river.
Could have been a lot worse. I’m going to close it up tonight and move it to another location and transfer it to a hive tomorrow. I’ll post follow up pics/video and a condition update. 🐝🍯 #hardenhillhoney #freebees
Harden Hill Honey at Outpost Oconee
I will be at the soft opening of Outpost - Oconee on Main St downtown Watkinsville during the Fall Festival all day Saturday. Stop in while you are at the festival and check out what’s available at the Outpost. Enjoy a cup of hot or cold brewed Bushcraft Coffee. Don’t forget to take home some local Harden Hill Honey. 🐝🍯
Caught this swarm in the back yard yesterday. There's two things happening at the entrance that tells you the swarm has moved in. If you learn these two indicators you won't have to take the box down every time you see bee activity and look to make sure it's not just scout bees. If you know put it in the comments.
I’m planning on making splits tomorrow (Mar 17) if the rain has stopped. If I do I will have some extra queens available for pickup tomorrow (Mar 17) at one of my Watkinsville GA yards. Will have to be picked up tomorrow afternoon at the yard.
They are Carni-Italian cross. Will definitely have ten available, possibly more as the day goes on and the more tired I get. 😂🤣
PM me to reserve one or more and get location. $45 🐝
I checked on the bees in Helen GA over the weekend. They were not very happy about the continued cold. I was pretty sure I overhead a conversation about some kind of contract and a groundhog. Didn’t sound like it was a good deal for the groundhog. #hardenhillhoney
The wait is over! Started extracting 2021 Harden Hill Honey yesterday. Getting several color and flavor variations from the April early spring frames. I’ll be extracting, bottling and delivering the remainder of the week. Local, raw, unfiltered, unheated, all natural Harden Hill Honey. Produced in Oconee County Georgia. “Local honey so raw and natural the only thing missing is the sting!”
Great weather today for the bees and to be working in the bee yards. Just letting them clean out some frames from a couple of nucs that didn’t make it thru winter.
Getting rained out two days in a row trying to feed. Dearth’s on so have to keep the feed coming in to keep them out of the trees. @hardenhillhoney #hardenhillhoney #watkinsville
Catching the last few minutes of shade before it’s full sun the rest of the day in the bee yard #hardenhillhoney #localhoney #local #honey #shoplocal #watkinsvillega #downtownwatkinsville #watkinsvillegafood #watkinsvillegahoney #watkinsville #oconeecountyga #oconeecountyhoney #oconeecounty #swarmcapture #swarmcatcher #swarmcatchers.