I added 1 honey super on both my hives about 1 month ago. The bees are drawing the comb out nicely and I have a couple of frames that have capped honey. Things seem to be moving along pretty well and now I need to start thinking to harvesting the honey.
What is a good "basic" hobbyist setup for honey collection and packaging? I was fortunate enough to find a hand-crank 2 frame extractor so I am at least that far into it.
Going to need some type of strainer and honey storage containers 5 gallon bucket with nylon cloth paint strainer with a honey gate works well.Dadant and brushy bee sell small units or make your own with food grade bucket.
2002 brushy mtn catalog pg 48 has several bottling tank options stainless or plastic bucket.Also need uncapping knife and uncapping tank a cheap utility sink{~$10 plastic} makes a good uncapping tank
I have a few frames that are full of honey right now. When exactly do I want to start pulling honey off of the bees, and how much should I leave for them?
Hi group, and thanks for the input to my question.
Here in SC it is generally the rule that you leave the bees a full 6-inch superper hive for food over the winter. That should be ~40-pounds of honey. So far I have resisted pulling a couple of frames just to sample the bees work, but the temptation is growing.
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