The Happy Homesteader

June is a good time around here to harvest the first of the year's honey.  When I first started beekeeping it took me a long time of observation to understand our seasons from the bee's perspective.  Pretty much as March rolls around we'll begin to see the bees buzzing on the first flower blossoms that appear.  By April they are in full flight and are bringing in honey at an alarming rate, so we give them…