Honey Harvest

Decked out and getting the smokers going.

I take the pictures from a distance.

DH and #1 son work the bees

Uncapping the honey cells

Into the extractor for a spin - turn around and spin again.

This was a Christmas gift from #2 son and wife. What a WONDERFUL gift! It saves the frames so the bees just have to refill them with honey instead of rebuilding the frame. This means more honey!!

Now my job begins.

After the extractor the honey goes through a fine mesh strainer. This strains out any foreign matter. 

 We only want beautiful clean honey

This is the strained honey. It is all pure nectar honey.

Labeled and ready to gift

This is our second honey harvest this season. We should have one or two more.

We have ten hives which gives us enough for our families and some for gifts.