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2013/06/23

My first honey

One week ago I was totally broken after having worked on my two Norwegian hives as a new beginner. It took me a day on the coach to recover. So this weekend I took some measures to make working on the hivesa lot lighter. I made a huge pile of hive roofs beside the two hives, so I don't have to bow or lift so much any longer. As  back operated I really am looking forward in a few weeks having horizontally Top Bar Hives and never bow again for the bees. Although I of course take my heads off for the bees for making that delicious honey. So to make the supers as light as possible yesterday I startet harvesting.





My first harvested honeycomb. As you can see it is rich in pollen, the dark spots in between the honey cells. I cutted the combs and was ready for pressing. As it was my first time doing this it was a few hours later that I had bottled 1,5 kilos of sommer honning. Learning from this that I really need to buy a honey gate valve to make it easier to fill the bottles.

2013/06/13

Risgrøt med Løvetannsirup

I går kjøpte jeg meg 3 liter rå melk rett fra kua. Men så må man bruke melken innen få dager. Så hva skal man bruke det til og ikke minst så mange liter?

I går kveld begynte jeg med å lage 1 ltr yoghurt. I dag morges koset jeg meg med en stor kopp Capuccino. I kveld skal jeg lage 1 ltr yoghurt til og bruke noe av yoghurten jeg laget i natt som starterkultur. Så da ble det mulighet til Risgrøt til lunsj i dag.

RISGRØT
  • 3 dl grøtris i 9 dl vann
  • en klipe Himalayasalt
  • tilsett 9 dl rå melk eller melk fra butikken
  • varmes opp til 85C
  • skru av platen
  • som bestemor settes gryten under dunen i sengen for ca. 2 timer
  • serveres med banan, smør, løvetannsirup og kanel




Himalyasalt har 86 av de 90 mineraler som finnes på jordkloden.
Grøten varmes opp til litt høyere temperatur enn melkefabriken bruker ved pasteurisering, men kokes ikke  for å prøve å beholde nyttige stoffer i rå melken.
Bruker man dunen for å beholde varmen sparer man på strømm og grøten blir ferdig uten at du trenger å røre.
Banan er rik på kalium.
Smør består av god fett som trengs til cellemembranene, spesielt nyttig når man har hull i membranveggene.
Løvetannsirup ble laget av gule løvetannkronblader (plukket om våren midt på dagen), sukker og vann.

Urten Løvetann har en blodrensende avgiftende virkning, forebygger gallestein, styrker leveren, forbedrer hudproblemer (inkl. Psoriasis), er blodtrykksenkende og fordøyelsesstimulerende.


2013/06/09

Finally my 'own beespace'

Last wednesdaynight two men of the local beekeeping club helped me move the two hives I bought to their permanent place, 6.5 km from my home, on a farm with potatoes and corn in Stavern. Thanks guys. So no pollen on the farm :(

After moving them the bees needed some days of quite time, not somebody coming to disturb their home. But yesterday time was there to have a look.






As you can see I choose to have my hives quiet high, this because of a backoperation in my youth. The last photo I took myself on a long arm, to show you the bees trying to hurt my face... of course they are angry, I disturbed their home! As you can see, I lifted everything that was possible.

The right hive seems to be very strong and with already a lot of honey and pollen as well as baby bees and eggs. But the left one is doing a lot less. Only some closed larvae/eggs, empty space in the 'yngelrom', so maybe their queen is ill..., or maybe dead. As a beginner I have problems seeing young larvae; they just are too small and not always possible to see them sharp and notice them. I also removed many queen cells they had build everywhere. So maybe next time the bees on the left moved out - found themselves a new home - and I only find the bees in the right hive?

2013/06/05

Hva er bedre enn å benytte vårens gull

I dag er det tid til pannekaker, fordi det er praktisk å ha med seg i bilen når magen gnager. Men ikke vanlige pannekaker. Nei, først har jeg laget surdeig til pannekaker, som jeg matet i går kveld og i dag  morges. Midt på dagen har jeg plukket løvetann full blomstrende. Raspet courgette over deigen med fullkornmel i og 2x12 minutter senere er pannekaken ferdig.



Her en link med hva mer man kan gjøre med Løvetann,
http://wildcraftvita.blogspot.it/2013/01/things-to-do-with-dandelions.html