A's Bees

East Dallas Honey Since 2000


sitting on the block is the 2.5 pound Queenline jar
(L-R) half gallon bottle, 10 oz skep, 12 oz bee, gallon jar, and quart bottle

price list

Contact us at "abees" on the "swbell.net" host if you would like us to send you some!

In order to preserve its natural flavors and nutrients, we filter - but do not pasteurize - our honey. As a result, it tends to crystalize fairly quickly, but gentle warming in a pan of water reverses this quite easily.

Production 

     2009    12 gallons (130 pounds) of honey    and lost several hives (down to 6)
     2008    21 gallons (234 pounds) of honey    and started one new hive (total of 10).
     2007     3 gallons ( 33 pounds) of honey    and started three new hives (total of 9).
     2006    24 gallons (260 pounds) of honey    and started three new hives (total of 6).
     2005    18 gallons (200 pounds) of honey    from 3 hives
     2004    17 gallons (188 pounds) of honey    from 3 hives
     2003    13 gallons (140 pounds) of honey    and started another hive (total of 3).
     2002    25 gallons (270 pounds) of honey    from 2 hives
     2001    12 gallons (130 pounds) of honey    from 2 hives
     2000    10 gallons (110 pounds) of honey    from 2 hives

we have three hives

Inside view

just beneath the hive lid

There are nine frames in this super, each one holds a rectangular honeycomb.

a frame of honeycomb from the brood chamber

Notice that most of the honeycomb cells are small, like the cells on the top left corner of the frame. However, there are larger cells occupying the bottom left and right corners of the frame. These are used for growing male bees (drones). All of the cells that have a yellow-brown color have been capped while the bee inside pupates. Each one contains a baby bee that will soon emerge! The other cells may contain eggs, larvae, or may be empty.

lots of drone cells

This particular frame is made up almost exclusively of large (drone) cells. Empty cells not used for raising bees can also be used for storage of honey and pollen, so the space does not go to waste.

Bees working our flowers

honey processing 3 July 2004

we gathered about 17 gallons of honey from our three hives

fetching a frame of honeycomb

uncapping the honeycomb

loading the extractor

running the extractor

straining the honey

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Last updated 23 August 2009.