Jarred

My carton full of very fetching hexagonal 1/2 lb (or 227g) glasses was starting to look wistful and seemingly wanted some form of fulfilment. Having put the jars through a dishwasher in the morning - thanks, Merrill! - I therefore decided to jar the honey toady.

So down to school it was. When I arrived in the kitchen, armed with a variety of tubs to catch any honey spillage, I noticed to my horror that the settling tub had a leak and a pool of honey had slowly and stickily spread across the work surface. Had obviously not screwed the bung in tightly enough when assembling it. Drat. Half a glass of honey gone that way.
So started the jarring with cleaning up. 

The filling itself was easy enough. There was scarcely any bubble-scum on the surface, but I did leave it slightly too late to cream it off, so a lot of jars have a bit of bubbly in them. To be honest, I really like that creamy froth on the top and always looked forward to opening a new jar to get that. Next time I know to cream it off immediately (and save it for myself!). The last two jars were admittedly a bit muckier (no insect legs, though), but good enough for me.

The honey harvest

Cleaning up afterwards was a doddle again and I am falling in love with the power shower tap.

All in all the bees produced 25 jars, so just over 12 lb, which I think is not bad at all, all things considered. Am very pleased. Now I'm just waiting for the labels, which I designed and ordered last night, to arrive.