After the Honey Harvest.....

Mike harvested another 70 lbs of honey last week. It has been a great summer for honey production and we should get one last harvest next month. Some of the partially cleaned honey combs were left outside as a sweet treat for the bees to enjoy. These sticky trays attracted bees, wasps, hornets and yellowjackets of all varieties.



Once spun from the honeycomb, the honey is filtered to remove insect and wax particles. The wax can be processed or refined to make solid cakes of beeswax. Having never done this before, I consulted the internet and found several great resources with instructions for rendering the wax. I got out my pots and pans and started the process. A few hours later.....this is the end result. Now to find some candle molds and pour some natural beeswax candles.....