A longtime friend of Mr AE lives near us. For decades he’s had lots of beehives on his property, they belong to someone else, he cares for them. They take honey away in 55 gallon drums.
Yesterday afternoon he walked over with a tray loaded with honeycombs for us. Honey dripping out. Some dead and live bees. I took it inside, grabbed tongs and transferred it all into a large covered Tupperware.
Now what? I opened it this morning, saw a live bee and closed it quickly. These are black bees, what I thought were wasps. I know some people prize honeycombs, but I don’t know what to do with these. A bit of honey is now in bottom of the container (like 1/4”). Do we squeeze them to get the honey? Use as is????? Help!
Yesterday afternoon he walked over with a tray loaded with honeycombs for us. Honey dripping out. Some dead and live bees. I took it inside, grabbed tongs and transferred it all into a large covered Tupperware.
Now what? I opened it this morning, saw a live bee and closed it quickly. These are black bees, what I thought were wasps. I know some people prize honeycombs, but I don’t know what to do with these. A bit of honey is now in bottom of the container (like 1/4”). Do we squeeze them to get the honey? Use as is????? Help!