We had our second harvest from this honeyflow season last April and we gathered at least 30Liters of honey, one of the process during honey extraction was uncapping of the sealed honey comb, our method was so simple, bees use wax for their honeycombs and also sealed it with it, we always prepare these things that we need: Metal Pitcher full of water, at least 2 pieces of knives, electric heater and a plastic basin. The method is so simple first heat the water in the pitcher using electric heater up to its boiling point and put the knives in it and when the knives were heated use a knife to uncap the sealed honeycomb it is easy to uncapped it when the knife was hot because it melts the wax, uncapped it in a basin so those honey that flows will not be wasted,. those were the simple method that we are using in uncapping the sealed honey comb. Rainy days are almost here and it is a sign that honeyflow season is at its end for this year, well we need to prepare for the dearth season, enjoy the taste of honey until the end of 2014's honeyflow. Beekeeping is LOVE!
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It's summer and flowers are blooming one thing in the mind of a beekeeper it is honey flow season. It was April 15, 2014, Tuesday, the day we set to harvest at least 16 frames in the hive full of honey it was morning when we get the frames from the hive, I was accompanied by my dad and my high school buddy who was a partner of mine in beekeeping to get the frames, I was stung 6 times during that day but all the pain I felt due to the sting were relieved, thanking God for the bees, and the bees who gave us honey. Allan Defensor which we owe alot for sharing his knowledge about beekeeping helped us in unsealing the capped honeycomb, Paul who was a chef at Tinderbox were also there to witness how to extract honey as well as a friend of my mother along with his daughter, who was the first to buy a liter of honey. After we extracted the honey we put all the honey to a container and transferred it to the bottles and sealed it, my sister Nina helped me in filling the bottles and sealing it and I put a label on the bottle and there goes my product, after all the work was done comes our dinner we spent the night eating an imported Norwegian pink salmon brought by Paul and cooked a local dish called "LARANG". A big thanks to Vergara family for letting us borrow the Honey Extractor. "Beekeeping is LOVE". |
Dilan's Apiary
Address: Kagudoy Road, Basak, Lapu-Lapu City Archives
June 2022
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