This honey was taken from my hives near Pearland. Even though the flower sources for this honey were many, the color and taste is indicative of Chinese Tallow honey.
The process of extracting honey is covered in the following photos. The kids and grandkids came out to help.
Eight frames of honey as they sit in super(hive body)
Haley holding frame of sealed honey.... when honey has the right consistency the bees cover the honeycomb cells with a cap of beeswax.
The beeswax cappings have to be removed with a hot knife to allow the honey to flow from the cells.
The cappings are caught in a trough referred to as an uncapping box and saved to be melted down and later made into candles.
Extracting assistant Haley is not going to miss anything
After the frames have been uncapped they are put into an extractor(centrifuge) that spins the frames around and slings the honey out...
The extractor is spinning and the honey is falling to the bottom of the extractor. Notice, the gate at the bottom for later releasing the honey from the tank.
Extracting assistant Grace is checking out how much honey is accumulating at the bottom of extractor.
After extractor spins for about 15 minutes, the honey is removed(notice the frames now have empty honeycomb cells).
Gabriel is the official honey taster.
During the days following the extracting, the honey is filtered and bottled.
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