Filming for Farmweek

On Wednesday my colleague, Amy, asked if Mark would consent to be interviewed for Farmweek, a TV show produced by MSU's Office of Agricultural Communications, where I work in media relations. She said she was in a bind and really needed someone to help her out with finishing her beekeeping story.

 

I said yes. (We checked with our bosses about conflict of interest. I'm not on camera.)

Then Thursday night I stayed up way past my bedtime -- til 10:30 p.m.! -- making soaps and candles to show that side of our beekeeping adventure.

She came over this afternoon, though there was a chance of rain.

Mark thought it would pass by south of us.

Watching the sky

Once she got him hooked up with a microphone and the interview began . . .

it started sprinkling.

 

But we pressed on.

Then the sky opened up and it poured. We grabbed all of the camera equipment and rode the 4-wheeler back to the house. We were drenched from head to toe.

Amy looked like an orphan wearing my clothes while hers dried. 

She filmed Mark in the honey room.

 

She is going to have to come back next week and film again. Originally I was going to be in the B-roll of the hive inspections, but now I'm not so sure. ;-)

On the positive side, I have several candles and bars of soap I can sell.

We've got labels, yes we do!

We've got honey, how 'bout you?

Can you tell I've been to some high school football games lately?

We have labels for our honey jars and can now officially sell it.

Didn't the bees do a great job? It's so pretty!

New jars have deluxe no-drip lids and can be inverted so you never have to wait for your honey to flow down to the bottom.  I'll give you three guesses on which Lewis does not like to wait for his/her honey.

Like you need three guesses.

Large jars are three pounds and cost $15. Small jars are one pound and are $7.50.  Give Mark a call if you want to come by and pick it up, 662-418-4422. I'll bring in a box to work next week, and I'll be contacting those of you who are "on my list" to see if you're still interested. Or, feel free to leave a comment.