September 15, 2020

Extracting Honey

Extracting Honey

Lizzy has had bees for about 1 1/2 years now; this is her 2nd year extracting honey. We had one hive last year & have 2 hives this year. Her friend Sophia came over to visit & help.

Lizzy cutting the caps off so the honey can come out
Keira spinning the handle on the extractor to spin the frames around & get the honey out
Lizzy & her friend Sophia pushing the honey through a sieve to keep out the wax & bee particles
Flipping the frames around to extract out of the other side of the frames
Emma is holding a sieve to catch the honey coming out of the extractor
Scraping the honey out of the extractor
Lizzy is filling jars with honey
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