Ryca Ranch

Our first honey harvest!! Thank you to BC Honey Hives and Dahlia for teaching us how this works and to our friends the George's for letting us borrow their extractor! About 3.5 gallons from one hive (mid season). This is so interesting and a lot of work 😀. Honey is very sticky so clean up needed hot water. Cate's accessible shower was very helpful.

Day 2: The bees needed to be fed one more time before summer. I gave each hive 1 gallon of one-to-one sugar water. My self photography skills in the field need to improve but here it is 😀. The girls were a little more fiesty today, but still gentle.

We have bees! 2 hives to start and a great mentor. BC Honey Hives