 When
the two RV Gypsies were on this same farm in 2017, Karen Duquette and
Gabby put on bee suits and went into the field to check on the bees.
At that time, Karen learned a lot about bees. If
you wish to see those photos and learn some facts about the bees, click
here. There will be a link at the bottom of that page to return
back to this page to see how to extract the honey from the bees.
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2018: Gabby and Lou went to
the beehives to collect the honey. They only had two bee suits so Karen
Duquette could not go with them this time like she did in 2017. The
2017 photos can be seen by choosing the underlined link above. |
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They brought back a lot of honey which they then proceeded to extract. |
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First Lou took a big, fat electric knife that was quite hot, and gently, but quickly lifted most of the honey and bee wax off of the honeycomb boxes. Then Lou let his son learn how to do this. |
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Then the extracted honey and wax was put into the extractor and they had to turn the handle hard and fast. |
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The honey was then poured into a bucket. |
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The leftover wax was hand squeezed to separate any remaining honey
from it. |
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