First, the supers (boxes) containing frames of capped honey are removed from the hives and transported to the extracting location.
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| Extracting Honey | |||
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First, the supers (boxes) containing frames of capped honey are removed from the hives and transported to the extracting location. |
The full, capped frames of honey removed from each super. | ||
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| The wax cappings are removed from each side of the frame using a large knife. | The uncapped frames are loaded into the extractor. The extractor is spun and centrifugal force extracts the honey from the frames. The honey collects in the bottom of the extractor. | ||
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| The honey gate is opened and the honey, complete with pieces of wax capping and the odd bee is decanted from the extractor. It is then passed through a fine mesh filter into another 35L bucket ready for bottling. | The finished product: The strained honey is decanted into individual jars and buckets of various size. | ||
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