Lookit that hunny!

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Photos from yesterday’s honey harvest (by Eryn Stutts and yours truly.)

The source:
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The bees that maketh the honey:
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Eryn cutting the comb from frames:
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Chunks of honey comb:
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Lauren crushing the comb to release the honey from the cells:
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The finished product, after straining and suspending pieces of cut comb in the jar. It’s creamy looking because of air bubbles, which disappear after a day or so:
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