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HONEY EXTRACTION
New River Valley Beekeepers’
Association
Jerry Borger 9 June 2016
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HONEY EXTRACTION
Honey Types
Extraction Timing
Harvest Methods
Extraction LocationExtraction Location
Extraction Methods, Etc.
Clean-up
Bottling
Labeling
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HONEY TYPESBased on Desired End Product
Liquid Honey
*Cut Comb Honey
*Be sure to freeze comb to kill larva/eggs before selling
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*Chunk Honey
*Honey Cassettes
HONEY TYPES (Cont’d)
Ross Rounds
Bee-O-Pac
*Be sure to freeze comb to kill larva/eggs before selling
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EXTRACTION TIMING
� Can extract almost anytime provided bees have or
will have sufficient honey for winter (60-90 lbs)
�Most beekeepers extract once or twice/year
� Common: Early July & Mid-August� Common: Early July & Mid-August
o Most mite treatments require “no honey supers”
o Take most and leave fall nectar flow for the bees’ use
� Common: March thru Early May
o All remaining honey is surplus to winter requirements
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HARVEST METHODS
� Fume board (good method for med-large # of hives)
� Shake and brush (acceptable for small # of hives)
o Requires empty super box
Regardless of method, plan to extract immediately, or
store harvested frames in warm location (80+ deg F)store harvested frames in warm location (80+ deg F)
Viscosity of honey at 72 deg > twice that at 82 deg
Harvest criteria for ripe honey: frame ~80% capped
provided firm shaking dislodges no droplets
Want moisture content in the 17-18 percent range
Can harvest individual frames, not just entire supers
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Harvest?
No, unless
cells are
empty
Yes
empty
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EXTRACTION LOCATION
Requirements:
� Clean: Free of dirt, flying dust, pet hair
� Good lighting
� Running water (preferably utility sink w/hot water)� Running water (preferably utility sink w/hot water)
� Sealed off from bees
Recommend:
� Plastic sheeting on floor w/runner to outside doorway
� Shoe covers or easily removable footwear to expedite
easy travel to rest of house
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EXTRACTION METHODS (Small scale)
Crush & Strain: small # of frames & top bar hives
Decap & Centrifuge (mechanical extractor)
NRVBA’s Extractor sets include:
�Heated decapping knife and cappings scratcher�Heated decapping knife and cappings scratcher
�Extractor (holds 6 shallow/medium frames radially, or with
special basket, 3 deep frames tangentially)
�Five? each 5-gal buckets, gated and non-gated, & lids
�Two filter sets (coarse, medium, and fine)
�Ratchet strap
�Food grade lube
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EXTRACTOR SET-UP & OPERATION
� Set extractor on sturdy surface and ratchet down
tightly to minimize “walking”
� Set up table w/decapping and holding stations
o Include wet rags and hot pad for uncapping knife; wipe o Include wet rags and hot pad for uncapping knife; wipe
knife every few frames to minimize scorching
� Arrange gated bucket(s) under extractor gate
There are many set-up options; next slide shows an
example.
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Coarse
FilterFine
Filter
Medium
Filter
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EXTRACTOR SET-UP & OPERATION
� Decap six frames, load extractor, and turn on at low
speed, then slowly increase speed
o Must increase speed more slowly for wax foundation
� It helps to have two people—one to decap, and one to � It helps to have two people—one to decap, and one to
monitor/speed control/hold the extractor
� How long should frames spin? Long enough to decap
the next six frames ~ 15-20 minutes
o Recommend at least 5 minutes after reaching max speed.
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OPTIONS/INNOVATIONS
Pizza pan “very coarse” strainer (add window screen)
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OPTIONS/INNOVATIONSTupperware/Rubbermaid decapping tub
w/window screen
� Wash and dry window screen, place in
tupperware tub
� Cut off cappings
� When done extracting: � When done extracting:
�Elevate one end of tub
�Clamp or pin window screen to
“high” end
�Cover all w/plastic wrap overnight
�Ladle out honey into strainers
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OPTIONS/INNOVATIONSDeep, nested tubs w/screen mesh and honey gate (add
window screen)
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CLEAN UPBees are great at clean up of:
�Strainers/filters/clogged window screen
�“Wet” supers (can put on hives or leave out)
�Empty honey buckets & lidsEmpty honey buckets & lids
�Extraction tank/reel
�Cappings
NRVBA’s filters and all extractor parts will still
require OUTDOOR washing w/hot soapy water,
then rinse and dry before returning.
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HONEY BOTTLING
After straining/filtering to your desired degree:
� Let honey stand in buckets in warm room for 7-10 days
� Skim off wax particles/air bubbles that have risen to top
� Fill honey jars/bottles as needed
� Store buckets/bottles/jars of honey in warm room� Store buckets/bottles/jars of honey in warm room
o Cool honey crystallizes more quickly than warm honey
oRe-liquify crystallized honey by gently warming to ~120 deg
�Hot water bath works well for unlabeled jars; do not
overheat or apply heat directly to honey containers
�Warming belt/blanket works well on 5-gal buckets
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� The word “Honey” is sufficient to describe contents
o “100%”, “Pure”, “Raw” not required, but OK
oMust identify any other added ingredient (e.g., flavor, scent)
� Name, address, and (if room) phone of producer required
o Can be name of farm or business
� Weight in imperial (lbs/oz) and metric (g/kg)--not volume
HONEY LABELING
� Weight in imperial (lbs/oz) and metric (g/kg)--not volume
� If you process your own honey and sell < 250 gal annually,
processing site doesn’t require state inspection, but does
require the following exact wording/capitalization:
“PROCESSED AND PREPARED WITHOUT STATE INSPECTION.
WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to Infants Under One Year Old”
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HoneyBorger Apiaries
1260 Running Buck Rd
Christiansburg, VA 24073
(540) 382-1798
www.borgerapiaries.com
PROCESSED AND PREPARED
WITHOUT STATE INSPECTION.
WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to
Chunk
Honey
PURE, RAW
HoneyBorger Apiaries
1260 Running Buck Rd
Christiansburg, VA 24073
(540) 382-1798
www.borgerapiaries.com
Net Wt. 24 oz (680 g)
PROCESSED AND PREPARED
WITHOUT STATE INSPECTION.
WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to
Infants Under One Year Old
Net Wt. 24 oz (680 g)
WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to
Infants Under One Year OldHoney
Borger Apiaries1260 Running Buck Rd
Christiansburg, VA 24073
(540) 382-1798
www.borgerapiaries.com
Net Wt.
PROCESSED AND PREPARED WITHOUT
STATE INSPECTION.
WARNING: Do Not Feed Honey to Infants
Under One Year Old
in the
CombPURE, RAW
Borger Apiaries1260 Running Buck Rd
Christiansburg VA 24060
(540)382-1798
Net Wt 8 oz (226 g)
Honey
PROCESSED AND
PREPARED
WITHOUT STATE
INSPECTION.
WARNING: Do Not
Feed Honey to
Infants Under One
Year Old