Our bees are very special to us, that's why when we take honey from our hives we go to great lengths to ensure that all bees remain unharmed and together with their hive. We follow the following methods:
- We gently shake each frame as they're being removed from the hives, encouraging our bees to go back inside their hive. Each frame is then hand brushed to ensure all bees are off the frames.
- The frames are then secured in boxes, loaded onto the back of our truck and transported to our extraction location.
- Each frame is then placed on the uncapping line, where the wax caps of the honey cells are removed, without the addition of any heat, before being placed into the extractor.
- The extractor spins the frames at a high speed, releasing the honey from the cells, without the addition of heat, resulting in a cold-extracted honey. The honey is then pumped into storage drums where it is left to settle for a between 3 to 7 days. During this time, the majority of wax and other debris from the extracting process rise to the top, leaving honey below, ready to be stored.