tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post9201381167031910780..comments2023-08-15T23:51:21.571-08:00Comments on Wild Roots Homestead: The bees and IEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05124854790635683665noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-69040588899041366652011-08-05T08:39:49.524-08:002011-08-05T08:39:49.524-08:00Mattias, I have been thinking of doing a post on g...Mattias, I have been thinking of doing a post on goat butchering. I didn't take any pictures and I didn't weigh the final quantity of meat. We didn't do anything special. We shot her with a twenty two in the back of the head while she was browsing. She dropped immediately. My brother processed her as he would have carribou or moose, except that she was smaller. We mostly have lots of roasts, stew meat, goat chops and ribs. I rendered the lard. Next time I might work the hides or give them to someone who will. I don't like throwing anything away. I've got a bag of stew or grind meat, that I've thought about making sausage with. I did come across a good goat butchering post a while back with pictures. I might just try searching online through some other goat blogs. Good luck, EmilyEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124854790635683665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-26531138260095293092011-08-04T15:35:24.288-08:002011-08-04T15:35:24.288-08:00Hi Emily, great bee post. Any chance of you posti...Hi Emily, great bee post. Any chance of you posting about your goat slaughtering? We have an extra buck and would like to put him in the food chain by the end of the season. Thanks!<br /><br />Mattias<br />http://mattias.posterous.com<br />http://simmscreekfarm.comMattiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12773841373442622264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-37295957161147496042011-07-26T11:24:42.985-08:002011-07-26T11:24:42.985-08:00use an old credit card to push out the stinger. st...use an old credit card to push out the stinger. start a bit away from the sting and push the edge towards the stinger. this forces it out without allowing the venom to get in. we keep several attached on strings to the hives to use in such moments. also a few away from the hive attached to the fence in the garden. it works amazingly well.foxboy77https://www.blogger.com/profile/11105025490981018245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-72860745921607252372011-07-01T22:34:33.610-08:002011-07-01T22:34:33.610-08:00Hi Emily,
A sleeveless sundress with no veil chec...Hi Emily,<br /><br />A sleeveless sundress with no veil checking your bees...very brave!! I have been keeping bees for several years, and have learned the hive is quite mellow when they're new. Once they are so full and brimming with thousands of bees and you're going after the honey in late summer, watch out for your face, that is the first place they'll fly to sting you. <br /><br />I have a full one piece suite with a veil attached for those times, and a separate veil just for quick checks inside. I don't really use my smoker anymore. But the full suit makes me feel so relaxed even with thousands of bees all around me.<br /><br />Fun to see you enjoying them. They have brought me many happy times in the garden, watching what they're bringing into the hive. I also collect some pollen (with a pollen trap) at different times of the year, it's full of almost every vitamin and mineral. <br /><br />:) Jewel<br />PS. I use apple cider vinegar for stings.Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612234598453063687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-78116180509683737762011-06-30T10:10:38.159-08:002011-06-30T10:10:38.159-08:00Denise, thanks for the reminder. I knew but had fo...Denise, thanks for the reminder. I knew but had forgotten about the apis remedy. Never heard of that essential oil for stings, but I'll have to try it.<br /><br />I should have taken some pictures on goat butchering day. We brought back a large milk crate full of wrapped meat. It went well enough that I'm seeing our four bucklings in a new light, November meat into freezer.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05124854790635683665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-84673088875471572152011-06-29T00:07:22.210-08:002011-06-29T00:07:22.210-08:00Emily, two bee sting remedies you can explore. Fir...Emily, two bee sting remedies you can explore. First, a homeopathic called apis mel. Second, an essential oil of helichrysum.<br /><br />I'm intrigued by the grilled goat!! And I'm jealous about the salmon. We need to take a break and go dipnetting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642418104675215796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-62665574012185092462011-06-28T13:11:28.580-08:002011-06-28T13:11:28.580-08:00Ahh your first sting! Around here we give a big h...Ahh your first sting! Around here we give a big hung and pat on the head when someone get's stung. I will say you do have some nice docile bees if they didn't get aggressive after the first one got squished. I've never really found any good solution for the discomfort of a sting. I have found that the less I mess with it, the less the venom spreads and then the 'itchy phase' is not as bad (the stings never get me that bad, its 24-36 hrs later that it itches like CRAZY) I'll have to try honey next time. (I like using my hive tool to scrape the stingers out)<br /><br />I want to hear/see about your goat you butchered! I got some lamb from another blogger down here in Washington (CollieFarm) and wonder how much meat I would get off of a dairy goat. We started with egg chickens, and have moved to butchering chickens, so I can hope that we see goats the same some day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-7571031593540363442011-06-27T17:40:50.624-08:002011-06-27T17:40:50.624-08:00Wow!!! I'm always in awe of you. I'm a Sol...Wow!!! I'm always in awe of you. I'm a Soldier that will one day get back to my roots and enjoy growing/producing much of my family's food as you do. My wife calls it my "hobby" and wants very little to do with it, forcing me to sell or butcher everything before deployments. I'm back and over the next couple of years there will once again be pigs and chickens on my ten acres. Now I am inspired to get a hive of bees early next year.<br />Thanks,<br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-43757678901218281482011-06-27T10:34:14.227-08:002011-06-27T10:34:14.227-08:00Major respect for you. I am deathly afraid/mildy a...Major respect for you. I am deathly afraid/mildy allergic to bees but beekeeping has always appealed to me. I'm just not mentally strong enough to get over my fear of them!!<br />I have never heard of putting honey on the sting - but that makes perfect circular sense.Lindsey at NW Backyard Veggieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317941200095723496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-806644789710396926.post-28044925639281816602011-06-27T07:12:55.511-08:002011-06-27T07:12:55.511-08:00Thank you for sharing about your hive. We hope to...Thank you for sharing about your hive. We hope to keep one in the next year or so.<br />So envious about your freezer full of salmon!<br />Warm wishes,<br />TonyaTonya Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140984106118247860noreply@blogger.com