This is someone's place near Taggerty, the property had a huge cherry orchard on it, and this bee hive was apparently abandoned, in a wattle grove nearby. Apparently they had been sitting there untouched for 6 months or so. The box was full to capacity. We opened up the box, had a look, scraped off all the burr comb on top (and kept it - very tangy honey), and left it there. Someone else already had dibs on it.
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This is the first time we tried out the gear, as we hadn't even opened up our own hive at this stage.
First time lighting the smoker. Probably a bit over the top with the gloves. but no-one was stung, so all good. |
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| Loads of burr comb. We took this and got the honey out of it. |
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| we were sorely tempted to grab a frame or two of this honey. Looked magnificent. |
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