Honey Harvest — It Takes a Village!

A former student of mine kindly volunteered to help with the honey harvest while she was home last August.  Jenna San Diego is in her junior year at Fordham University in New York where has been assisting with the rooftop honey harvests in the city.  She proved to be a most capable beekeeper, making it possible for us to work through all of the hives at the Hops Farm in just a few hours.  Some people are just naturally more at ease around bees, and the colony senses that. The bees seemed to barely notice her while she worked through their hives.  Her help was most appreciated!

At the end of the day, I carted the tubs full of honey frames back to the brewery.  Our daughter spent the next day uncapping and spinning out all of the honey frames (with a little help from the kids). 

We were happy with the end result—over 400 pounds of beautiful, delicious honey.  While most of our honey is reserved for brewing, we saved a small amount to sell in the taproom during these cold winter months.

Stop by and get some before we run out!