Extraction

On 22nd May, Steve and I took off the first super. We just had to brush a few bees off the frames. We brought it home in the car on an upturned lid - no drips came out.
I then sliced the wax cappings off with a bread knife and put them into a large sieve. The frames were then put into a nine frame radial extractor borrowed from the BADSBKA. We spun and spun, fast and slow, in both directions and the frames emptied themselves of their golden honey. I left it in the extractor overnight and then ran it into a bottling tank the next day. (Remember to wash out the extractor with COLD water - put plenty in, leave it for half hour and then rinse). From there it was straight forward to put it into jars - got about 22 lbs of Spring honey. Sold most of it to church members!