Harvesting Honey

Back to Basics harvesting honey Living is or could be a way to earn income form your homestead. We've already mentioned eggs,vegetables,worms,and honey,hang in their there's more.

When bees cap the honey, it is considered ripe. Supers, the chambers used to store surplus honey in the hive, can be removed from the hive once they are completely capped over.

The average yield here is about 50 pounds of honey per hive per year. The honey should be processed soon after harvesting and stored in sealed containers in a warm, dry place or freezer until marketed.

Pieces of sealed and undamaged honey comb can be cut into neat pieces, packaged in plastic wrap or boxes and sold as comb honey.

Liquid honey can be separated from the combs using professional extracting equipment. Small scale beekeepers, however, can do the job cheaply by crushing the combs and letting the honey run slowly through strainers. Extracted honey is packaged in clear glass or plastic containers.

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