We went to Hunter's Honey Farm, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. It's a family-run business and the owner is the one who showed us all the ropes. I was surprised because he said we didn't need the protective gear because his bees weren't very aggressive. So, we walked out to the hives in the clothes we came in (camera in hand) and began.
They are kept in these wooden boxes and literally just fly in and out all day long. There is one queen bee (who we saw in this particular box!) and then the rest are female workers. Occasionally a drone, or male bee, will zoom in and do his business. After all, 2000 or so bees from the hive die every day, so there need to be replacements ready to go.
Some of the female workers take care of the larvae, some make the wax and others make the honey. And here's a little nugget of information: the bees eat the wax and honey they create! Not all of it, of course, but enough to keep them buzzing around.
The bees that we met today were quite docile. In fact, the beekeeper put a dab of honey (from the hive!) on my finger and then stuck my hand into the mess of bees! I was a bit hesitant about this, but a few started licking my finger to eat the tasty stuff and no harm was done. David even petted a few of them (seriously)!
Some of the female workers take care of the larvae, some make the wax and others make the honey. And here's a little nugget of information: the bees eat the wax and honey they create! Not all of it, of course, but enough to keep them buzzing around.
The bees that we met today were quite docile. In fact, the beekeeper put a dab of honey (from the hive!) on my finger and then stuck my hand into the mess of bees! I was a bit hesitant about this, but a few started licking my finger to eat the tasty stuff and no harm was done. David even petted a few of them (seriously)!
Here are a few more pictures:
Rad, huh? :)
On our way out to the honey farm (we got lost...) we ran into an airport in the middle of cornfields. Truly bizarre. We saw two tiny planes land -- one looked like an Eagle. I wish we weren't running late, otherwise I would have stopped and snapped a photo or two.
Anyway, that's another item scratched off our list. So:
In other list-related news, we've begun our quest to accomplish this beast:
Anyway, I figured I'd also include a few more things in this update. First of all, we're less than a month away from our move to Phoenix. Our official leave date is July 29th and we move into the new apt. Aug 1st. We're in the process of packing things that aren't necessary to our livelihood and we're also labeling/sorting things like crazy for our upcoming garage sale (Fri-Sun, this weekend, 8am-6pm-ish).
Saturday we drove to Elkhart to visit my papa and brothers. David sold his car to William (bittersweet to say goodbye to that trusty car) and we grilled a few things, played in the pool, lit some fireworks and I took pictures of the boys. I think the pictures turned out well. Enjoy!
The front yard
Side/backyard
Pool/Deck!
On our way out to the honey farm (we got lost...) we ran into an airport in the middle of cornfields. Truly bizarre. We saw two tiny planes land -- one looked like an Eagle. I wish we weren't running late, otherwise I would have stopped and snapped a photo or two.
Anyway, that's another item scratched off our list. So:
shadow a beekeeper
In other list-related news, we've begun our quest to accomplish this beast:
- don't eat processed food for 30 days
Anyway, I figured I'd also include a few more things in this update. First of all, we're less than a month away from our move to Phoenix. Our official leave date is July 29th and we move into the new apt. Aug 1st. We're in the process of packing things that aren't necessary to our livelihood and we're also labeling/sorting things like crazy for our upcoming garage sale (Fri-Sun, this weekend, 8am-6pm-ish).
Saturday we drove to Elkhart to visit my papa and brothers. David sold his car to William (bittersweet to say goodbye to that trusty car) and we grilled a few things, played in the pool, lit some fireworks and I took pictures of the boys. I think the pictures turned out well. Enjoy!
The front yard
Side/backyard
Pool/Deck!
And a few of my favorites of the boys:
Allen Lewis
William McMahan
That's all she wrote, folks.
Wendy
Wendy
1 sprinkles:
omg, the owners of hunter's honey farm are teachers at my old middle school. small world.
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