A bottle of "Hal's Other Honey." |
Hal loading his supers into the rear of my car. |
My friend Hal begins the harvest process by removing the frames from the super. |
This is one frame that holds perhaps 5 pounds of honey after harvesting. |
The next step is to remove the caps over the honey. These caps were placed on top of the honey by the bees to protect it. This worker is using a long knife to remove the caps. |
Another method of removing the caps is by using this roller which opens the caps so the honey can be removed. |
You can see the extractor revolving the frames while the honey is removed from the frames. The honey runs to the side of the extractor and down the sides to the bottom. |
There are naturally some bees which are still in the supers and they escape and tend to gather near any light source. |
The caps that are removed from the honey can be turned into bees wax. |
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