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Fitting
our bee suits.
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Queen
Katherine Elizabeth's Hive.
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Fitting
our bee suits.
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Queen
Katherine Elizabeth's Hive.
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Even though the economic slow down has put our business on the dull side of lackluster we’ve had one of the most active springs and summers in our history.
Last fall an oak blight forced us to cut down a lovely
oak tree in its prime. That did open up a handsome bit of sunny land, however,
and this Spring Jim Brinkman, our dining room manager and Chef Chris led a willing
and able kitchen brigade in designing, digging, and planting an impressive kitchen
garden.
With the help of good friend and bee master, Curt Fisher, we decided to go one
step further and establish a beehive on the property. So now Queen, Katherine
Elizabeth, and her 60,000 subjects seem to be thriving. We all take turns weeding
and sending our bees lots of love and we hope to sell our first batch of “Hyehoney”
in the fall. The next time you come for dinner make sure to take a stroll and
visit our happy little farm
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Raising the roof on the hive.
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Removing a super from the hive.
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Jim (our dining room manager) with bees & 10lbs. of honey on a frame.
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Jim gently brushing bees from the frame.
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Curt (our
mentor), and Chef Chris scraping honeycomb from a frame.
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A honey spinner is like a salad spinner.
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Sous Chef, David putting a frame into the spinner. The spinner is handcranked, the honey oozes out, is strained -Voila- Hyehoney!
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