Thank you everyone - we've been soo lucky with the weather, the tough bees we've got, the hard-working girls and the good drones which go out looking day in and day out, and lately out whether they want to or not... and wow the bees are still busy today! So maybe we may have another harvest ourselves just before the varroa treatment?
And yep, I'm a tad better at beekeeping than computers obviously as still can't get that rotation - cheers so much broandy
the buckets the honey's in at the moment are in litres, so until we bottle them we won't know their weight in lbs
And although one of the supers was from my main colony, the other from the newbeek from Capital Bees, all 4 of us from the apiary helped out with the spinning, scraping and cleaning up. My OH has been a tremendous trooper supplying all the catering equipment - food grade buckets, sieves, etc... (although I donated 2 pairs of tights to strain the wax cappings
) and hosing everything down in cold water outside.
It's just enough honey and not too much for now ... will it last to the next harvest? depends how soon that is! We're still in the middle of a flow here.