ok. i watched tillies' crush and strain video. it looked so simple.
i'll be the first to admit that i am a cook in the mode of Julia Child. also, my house rarely gets above 65 degrees in the winter. that said, i don't know how tillie made it look so easy. i have honey everywhere. it's on the door knobs, the floor, the sink, the stove, and very utensil in the kitchen. there are two buckets with crushed gunk in various stages of drip, sitting on a stand in front of my pellet stove. there seems to be more gunk than drip. :-( there are still live bees crawling about even though i have been scooping them up and flushing them as i find them. no point in putting them outside. it's snowing.
oh well, the house smells good and i own a carpet cleaner.......this too shall pass....