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The bees had a tuxedo cat visit last night. Hopefully that helps keep pests away. My buddy said it's a neighbor's and has roamed the area for years. #beekeeping #HarpHives #catsofmastodon #TuxedoTuesday

I posted a new PeerTube video about overwintering honeybees. It's really just me rambling for a minute or so about what I've done with my hives but I'm always open for a discussion if a viewer has questions. The process is different for each zone but there's overlap for us all. https://dudelike.wtf/w/67q8zCxzq9VfpYr2boqKtf #beekeeping #bees #HarpHives #peertube

We extracted our last frames and got several more quarts of honey. Check out the contrast in color depth. The late spring/early summer honey on the left is light and a mix of wildflowers, clover and blooming trees. The jar on the right is late summer honey. It's dark with a mineral rich taste of sunflowers, sumac, buckwheat and blackberry/elderberry juice. Very complex but both are delicious, just different ends of the seasons. #beekeeping #HarpHives #honey

The blue hive has quite the morning beard. This damn humidity is brutal! I'm now preparing for my 5-6 hour drive. Have a wonderful Sunday! #beekeeping #HarpHives

We ended up harvesting 28 pounds of honey today. A respectable amount for an 8 frame medium super. The moisture content over several samples after spinning everything was closer to 15-16%. Much better for storage. Now to clean up and start passing it out to the circling vultures. Everyone wants some of my bees sweet honey. 🍯🐝 The girls did very good this box! #beekeeping #HarpHives #today

Liquid gold! The moisture content was 17-17.2% so perfectly shelf stable for years. #beekeeping #HarpHives #honey

WE JUST HAD A SWARM SHOW UP IN OUR YARD, IM TRYING TO CATCH IT!!! FREE BEES 🐝🐝🐝 #today #beekeeping #HarpHives