12th August Honey Harvest

Today we took the honey super off Hive 1.  When extracted there was 11 pound of clear light honey.

Here you can see the 10 frames in the extractor.  When the handle is turned the honey flyes out and drains to the bottom of the extractor.

Here you can see the honey draining out of the extractor into a honey bucket.  It is then put in a warming cabinet, when warm it will be filtered and put in jars.  Half will go to the staff at Wood Green, the other half I will keep to put in the Honey show, then sell to pay for some of the costs of the wax, sugar and drugs used in the hives this year.