Honey Harvest

The honey bees have been hard at work this year, so Saturday we harvested the first honey from the hives.  First, the frames filled with honey were collected (making sure to leave enough for the bees): 

Then an electric de-capping knife was used to cut the caps off of the filled honey cells:

The frames were then placed into a honey centrifuge:

After centrifuging, the honey collects at the bottom of the stainless steel drum and is drawn off:

The raw honey is then filtered through coarse, medium, and fine filters; and bottled:

And the final product - we harvested 82 lbs. - isn’t it amazing what those little bees can do?