Oh Honey!

Dan and I checked on the bees today! It was the first time that I got fully suited up since we got the bees on April 1st. I was much more relaxed this time, which is good news! The bees seemed to react much better to the smoking this time, but I think that was due to the fact that they had honey to eat now. (When you smoke bees their reaction is to eat as much as possible because they think there is a forest fire and they may need to move). The good news is , they had honey to eat now! And so did Dan and I! We got a small honey treat because they had built some honey comb in some weird places of the hive, so when we opened it up there was nothing for it but to scrape it off and save it for a sweet taste later! It was pretty awesome! The honey isn't quite fully fermented/ to the right humidity but it was still very sweet and delicious. It was just thinner than you would expect and had a little less color.

Our first taste of our backyard honey!

All and all it looks like the bees are doing great! We have another couple of boxes that we will be adding soon! Can't wait for harvest time. :)