Ellie and I prepared the kitchen for harvesting honey by placing cardboard boxes on the floor and counter to catch errant drips of honey. Then we started the process of extracting the honey from the comb. We used the crush and strain method, which means we cut out the comb from the frames, crushed it with a potato masher, and then poured the mixture of honey and crushed comb into a strainer. The honey goes through the filter, leaving the wax behind, and we should be able to bottle it today or tomorrow. I think that we'll make candles from the wax sometime this winter.
The honey was amazing. It has a zing to it. I think it has a hint of citrus. Ellie described as cough drop flavor but in a good way, which I didn't taste, but everyone has different buds. Here are some pictures from extracting along with a video of Ellie doing the crushing. Thanks be to the Droogies!
Ellie cutting out the comb.
Beautiful honeycomb about to be squashed.
Happy to be smushing.
Mmmmm.
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