How to Harvest Honey | Part Two: Spinning Frames & Bottling Honey [Honey Harvest Series] 

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@@CentralBeekeepersSupply will be glad too. Probably going to get it as soon as the goldenrod is done.

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Great questions! The experienced foragers bring nectar back to the hive, where it is transformed into honey and saved for later. The younger bees consume large amounts of this honey, and their wax glands convert the sugar from the honey into small flakes or scales. These flakes are released through tiny pores and, when they come into contact with air, they harden into wax. It's quite an amazing feat!

Bees secret Wax from their Wax Glands (see a Bee, it has ridges and gaps on its underneath, kinda Bee Belly ! The nourishing food taken from Flowers, Plants, Trees, even Plant Dews, gets gathered as Nectar. When Bees Fan this down moisture wise, its capped with Wax. This is what we call Honey. Bees through their Hive Democracy will make Honey this year, to get them thru Winter, and beyond, say when Spring provides Nectar once more. The Honey is their Food Carbohydrates. Used to build Wax Comb, Cap the Cells etc. The Pollen (or Fermented Pollen mixed with some Honey) : is called Bee Bread. This is their Protein source. Protein is needed to raise Baby Bees : from Eggs, to Larva, to Pupae and x21 Days later you have a Worker Honey Bee ! Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Bees will always make more Honey (Hive Resources) than they need. If new Nectar starts coming in again, old honey will usually be left discarded. However if the Weather changes for the worst (very Cold or prolonged Wet) bees can't get out to forage, so must rely on whats within the Hive already. In Beekeeping terms : Its better to take the Honey out of the Hive the following Spring, when new resources come in again. Alas Mankind: especially with Commercial Beekeeping take most of the Hives Honey, to then only give artificial feed of Sugar, back to the bees. Many think modern bee practices are putting to much strain on Bee Colonies and thats why more Disease, Pests, & or Climate Change are having dramatic effects on Colony Survival from one year to the next. 🙄

@@CentralBeekeepersSupply Each.bee.has,.I.think,.4.to.6.of.these.pores.on.the.underside.of.their.abdomen...They.will.peel.off.a.flake.of.wax.and.chew.on.it.to.enable.them.to.apply.the.wax.to.their.work.area,.of.cell.capping,or.cell.production...They.do.not.produce.wax.unless.there.is.a.need.for.it...They.control.how.much.wax.they.produce.by.the.amount.of.honey/necter.they.eat... When.a.hive.swarms,.each.of.the.workers.will.fill.up.with.a.stomach.full.of.honey.so.that.they.won't.have.to.eat.for.about.3.days.and.they.will.be.producing.flakes.of.wax.so.that.when.they.find.a.place.to.settle.down.they.can.immediately.start.making.cells.for.brood,.nector,.and.pollen...

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We leave plenty for the bees to survive (and even thrive) during the winter. If we find that a certain hive is lacking, we give them a little boost.

We look forward to being able to serve. We do sale or honey locally.

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