Harvesting and Processing Home Grown Honey ©Karla K. Larsson

These photos will take you through the entire honey harvesting process from the bee boxes to the jar.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• honey
• harvesting
• filtering
• processing
• straining
• beekeeping

[billpeart]

i am new to beekeeping. i have found that when i let the honey drain from the comb and filter it, that its a different color than when i crush the comb and filter it. when crushed, the honey is much lighter in color and cloudy. is this ok? i have seen others doing it in this manner. i let drain what i could (dont have an extractor), then i crushed the comb into a thick oatmeal like pulp and let it drain. is honey ok to consume/sell???

[OnePickieChickie]

I'm not the beekeeper, my friend is. I have read the less that is done to the honey, the better it is for you, that the honey you can buy at the store in the little plastic bears isn't that good for you.

[ValreeShoe]

Neato! I'm glad you found your friend again!! :)

[OnePickieChickie]

Thank you.

[stnyblue]

awesome video :)

[OnePickieChickie]

Thank you very much.

[magnusalexa]

@OnePickieChickie you can catch all sorts of dodgies eating raw honey, rather you than me

[magnusalexa]

@billpeart PEOPLES OBSESSION WITH SUGAR IS GONNA KILL OFF THE BEES, leave em to it

[mts0628]

You had me until I saw the Carolina towel. Go Pirates! AAAARGH!

Good pictorial though; I'm hoping to extract next weekend, provided Mother Nature heats this place up a bit!

[gemmy207]

Good informative video. If you want to learn more about bee keeping and harvesting your own honey, I recommend this site:

the-goodlife.info

[OnePickieChickie]

Thanks. My friend Rob, who I attended Gem State Acadmey with in Caldwell, Idaho, sent me the photos and I made him the slide show.

We reconnected on Facebook after all these years.