Honey harvest

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called --The Tao of Pooh

In our case the moment lasted for a number of hours--the honey harvest!!! The robbery began early in the day since bees become more active with warmer temperatures. What I remember most is the buzzing sensation on my hands--feeling their vibration through two layers of gloves! I mean, I'd be pretty angry, too.

Kyli and I with our spacesuits on

I think we've already raved about honey's healing properties in a mead post, so i dug out some other random related facts: About 1/2 of the human diet comes from plants that are pollinated by bees. Honey is the only food that does not spoil (they found edible honey in King Tut's tomb!). All the worker bees are female (male bees, called drones, don't collect pollen, and they either die soon after mating with the queen (their purpose) or get kicked out of the hive before winter). And can you guess where most of the world's honey comes from? China supplies almost half, with the US, Argentina, and Ukraine filling in most of the rest (1,2) . It's weird to think about industrial production of honey, especially since the animals themselves are so delicate.

Alright, that's all i've got. Photos of the extraction process here