Yesterday I extracted and bottled 30+ pounds of honey. Since I don't have a honey extractor that removes honey from the comb by a centrifuge action, I followed the suggestion by a fellow hobbist beekeeper. I purchased two 5 gallon plastic buckets. Drilled 20 plus
3/8th inch holes in the bottom of the top bucket lined with a nylon, 5 gallon paint screen. This bucket was then placed ontop of the bottom bucket, with a large hole in it's lid. The bottom bucket served as the collecting bucket. A faucet from my scrap plumbing pile was added and
wha-laa!... let the honey extraction begin
The plastic frames loaded with comb honey are scrapped into a collecting pan.
The scappings are added to the top bucket to begin a 24 hour gravitational separation of honey from the wax. The honey drips into the bottom collecting bucket.
While the jars filled, I designed a label. ![](//4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Q8ODZSobpo/TuKRkinlg7I/AAAAAAAABEw/7g8JNuf6zVA/s400/Honey%2B027.jpg)
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