Harvesting Honney
• The setup for extracting the honey involves a honey bucket with a honey gate, a clean lid with a center cut out, a food-grade bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, and a five-gallon paint strainer.
• The paint strainer is used to filter out any impurities from the honey.
• The two hives are opened, and two and a half frames are removed for extraction.
• The extracted honey amounts to nearly a gallon.
• The beekeeper is pleased with the result and notes that an extractor may be needed for larger quantities in the future.
The video shows a simple method for extracting honey without an extractor. The method involves using a honey bucket with a honey gate at the bottom, a clean lid from another bucket with the center section cut out, a food-grade bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, and a five-gallon paint strainer. The frames of honey are removed from the beehive and placed in the food-grade bucket with the paint strainer on top. The lid with the center cut-out is placed on top of the honey bucket, and the food-grade bucket is placed on top of the lid. The honey is then drained out of the food-grade bucket through the paint strainer and into the honey bucket. The video demonstrates the method on two and a half frames of honey, which yields nearly a gallon of honey.
- Extracting honey without an extractor
- Use a honey bucket with a honey gate, a clean lid with the center section cut out, a food-grade bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, and a five-gallon paint strainer
- Remove frames of honey from the beehive and place them in the food-grade bucket with the paint strainer on top
- Place the lid with the center cut-out on top of the honey bucket and the food-grade bucket on top of the lid
- Drain the honey out of the food-grade bucket through the paint strainer and into the honey bucket
- Yields nearly a gallon of honey from two and a half frames