So How Hot Is It?

It's hot here! It's so hot here! I don't remember the last summer it was this hot...and it's only June. What will the temp be in August!? So, if you don't live here in Florida you now have the picture that, yes, it's really hot but, truthfully, how hot is it? It's so hot that my beehive is actually melting off the tree. It's been an interesting week in my backyard. My beehive hangs underneath a great big branch at the top of a big oak tree, and this week pieces of it area actually falling off the tree because the wax is softening due to the heat. Now the bees I'm sure are very unhappy about this but they continue to be quite docile. They even let me take the fallen pieces of hive to harvest for honey and beeswax.

From this -

To this -

Pretty cool! It took a lot of work to do this (and now I have another even bigger piece to work on) but it was such a neat experience. I waited two days for most of the honey to drip out of the honeycomb and then I melted down the wax and filtered it through a paper towel to remove all the impurities. I'm sure with proper equipment, etc., it would be much easier, but I had fun with it. I'm thinking I would enjoy being a beekeeper...but I probably don't have the time for that!

Poor little bees

your home is falling at the eaves

but can you move over please

so I can harvest what I sees?