The Bees love the Calamint.
Before I can pull any honey off any of m hives I have to clean up old frames
My smoker is fueled by lavender cuttings from Susie's garden
I only pull the frames that are capped and then replace them with the cleaned frames.
This way the bees don't get too worked up.
Then it's time to uncap both sides of each frame and the electric hot knife that I got from my buddy Chris makes quick work of this chore.
The next step in the process is to extract the honey with Jimmy's hand crank, three frame extractor.
Any wax it filtered out by two fine mesh screens
And the final product is so sweet!
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