Beeee-autiful. Honey harvest #1

Bee Keeping with Dave from kettleoffish on Vimeo.

Here is a great video that Mr. Adam Record put together of Dave with his Bees in South Ogden. I couldn't wait to share.

This is Dave's 2nd year experimenting and learning about bee keeping. It's our first year and first attempt at getting honey from them.!


This is called a top bar hive, where the bees can make their combs all naturally like they would in nature. Some hives, like the box hives that are more popular, have a comb pattern that the bees build onto.



This hive is in his grandpa Carter's front yard. Ogden has a longer growing season than cold Kamas so Dave wanted to experiment and have one here, and the other closer to us in Kamas. Grandpa was a beekeeper for many years and enjoys having them and Dave buzzing around. He's such a cute, wise old man.




There is capped and uncapped honey combs. You are supposed to wait until it is capped, when the bees recipe is prime for eating. Supposedly the uncapped is more watery and can spoil over time, unlike the other. The comb that Dave cut was half capped.


There are several techniques to separate the honey. Dave chose a simple one for now, where you cut pieces of comb off and crush them up in a jar. Then you use the ever so handy duct tape to fasten screen to the jar and the jar to another jar. Tip it upside down in a sunny spot and VIOLA!! First batch of home made honey. Isn't that pretty.? It's been a fun hobby for our family and now we can finally taste the results....MMMMM!