Ian Rapley
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Ian Rapley
@irapley.bsky.social
Historian of modern Japan, part time shepherd, clueless beekeeper, forensic cricket scorer.
We bottled just over half of the honey last night, that comes out at about 14lbs. So we should have more then 20 by the time we're done, maybe 25.
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We extracted 10 frames worth of honey over the weekend, and it's been settling before putting into jars tomorrow. Rough calc suggests there's ~10 litres of it, which the internet tells me might be 30 lbs.
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I caught a small swarm yesterday afternoon. It's the first time I've successfully identified a queen bee in the crowd, and I managed to get her in a clip and draw the rest into the hive.

Downside: I got stung once through my jeans, and it's swollen up quite a lot.
June 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It's gone from rainy season to sweaty humid rainy season over the course of the afternoon.
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM