Jul. 10, 2008

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off To Work They Go

Posted in Myles Grade 9
Here's what Trent and Myles did at work yesterday...
Trent did this last year as a newbie.. now it's Myles turn..




Actually, see those stacks behind Myles, well in there is all the honey they have to collect.. Notice the two middle ones are blue.. they take the top blue one, and the two white ones above that.. those will be full of honey. They smoke the bees so they get sleepy, and then brush all the bees out of those top 3 boxes, and leave them in the bottom 3. Then they replace the stack with two or three new boxes which have frames on them. The bees will then move into the boxes and make more honey - to be collected in about 2 weeks.

The boxes they took will be full of honey, so the boxes weigh 50 to 80 pounds. The boys loaded them into trucks to haul back to the honey house. Today they'll be harvesting again at different locations. There are 300 different colonies.

Yes, Myles did get stung.. not when he got the honey glove, but later.. he got 8 stings.. 3 on the same finger - it's pretty swollen. Trent got stung 4 times. They really like their job though.
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Jul. 10, 2008 - Congratulations to Myles on his Initiation

Posted by Mum
Wow, those are incredible photos and he really looks like he is enjoying himself. Did Trent take the photos?
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Jul. 11, 2008 - Great Pics!

Posted by gnjlopez

What an awesome job! Myle and Trent are so blessed to have found such an interesting job.

How are you feeling my friend?

~JEN
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Jul. 15, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy
These are great photos. I don't think I could bring myself to have a handful of bees ~
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