June 2006 Update
June is the month to extract the honey at Bay St Louis, so I went there around the 23rd and pulled about 22 supers from some 8 hives at two locations. Only one hive did not produce any honey, the rest did. Among the supers, one was a very nice pure comb honey super. All ten frames were just about as perfect as could ever be obtained. This came from the swarm I showed captured in April. The supers were placed in the portable shed and the air conditioner turned on to dry the moisture from the honey and also cool the place off. It was pretty crowded but I managed to extract about a barrel and save it in five-gallon buckets.
Here is the portable building I used as a honey extraction room. The shed has water, electricity and air-conditioning and I was able to back the truck up to the door to easily transfer material in and out. It was a little crowded, but workable.
Here is an overall view of the portable shed, pump house and boathouse/deck. The boathouse roof has been replaced and some clean up of the yard has been accomplished
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Here is a photo of the rest of the camp area. I had to butcher the live oak tree at left center in order to get the boat out of the yard. The neighbor's small shed in the back was built after the hurricane from wood salvaged in the area, including some of it from my old boathouse roof. I plan to have the yard covered with sand to level it and also cover the mud. After that, I plan to move the camper onto the concrete in the carport, but will have to have the carport demolished because it is badly damaged from the hurricane and its roof is too low for the camper. I expect I will have a new carport roof put in to cover the camper.
This is a photo of the neighbor's reconstruction work. He has just had his concrete poured for his house which will be built upon poles about ten feet above the concrete. He is a little more anxious than I to get his place finished so he can move back.