Our first tour at the Wyoming Women in Ag conference was to Bryant Honey. I’ve mentioned them before, back for those few years I tried my own hives. Don Bryant was a great help and I’m a fan of their honey! They also work with Vernon’s cousin out in California, sending bees back and forth as the seasons progress. They’ve been in business since 1915. Brady gave us the tour today… he’s the fifth generation.
It’s a large facility though the bees are currently in cold storage in an Idaho facility, literally chilling out before work starts in the almond orchards in February. They did bring bees to our place once and I’d love for them to do it again… they stop a few miles down the road.
This frame is full of honey. The uncovered cells have the beginnings of honey in them but we’re not full and so not capped yet.
This machine is extremely impressive and I wish I’d written down all the details. Basically, the machine strips the wax and it ends up in the elevated pipes that go over to the tanks where the honey is stored until packaged. Go to their website to see it full of frames and honey.
They can process thousands upon thousands of pounds of honey a day… amazing when you think in one little bee’s lifetime, they make a teaspoonful of honey.
A few of the college students and I appreciated the sign above our heads… I was having a good time, so I’m unsure of what kind of face I’m making here.
(Don’t forget, Ten Sleep Brewery uses Bryant Honey in their Speed Goat Pale Ale!)
Next stop… hydroponics!
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An interesting tour for you and those large machines are impressive indeed. Glad you had a good time.
Very interesting place for your visit. And I did checkout their website
for more info. To think of one bee making one teaspoon of honey in its
lifetime is pretty amazing!
What an impressive operation!