Has anyone extracted honey yet??

[TOBY-3652]

Hi has anyone extracted honey yet?? .and hom much??

 

[weatherman1200]

1 newbee got some honey off on april 8

 

[weatherman1200]

in our group 30 lbs

 

[Bebe]

We were one frame short when we added a super and forgot to go back and make one up - the bees made some free comb and so I removed it at the weekend and extracted about 6oz of honey - does that count?

 

[crazy_bull]

Thought about it yesterday as it was forcast cold this week and i have heaps of full supers but none were ripe yet all very drippy, hope it warms up again otherwise i will have 100+ solid supers

 

[rae]

Extracted a full rectank on Monday - I think that is 15 kilos. 2 full supers + a few additional frames. Some were rock solid and have been fed back to the bees.

I am going to go through all of them again this weekend - it seems to be a knife edge between solid as a rock and drippy.

 

[whizzwheels]

I've got a full super which I'm going to extract this weekend, especially as I have several cutomers asking me if I have any honey ready yet.
Also a second super on the same hive filling up nicely.

 

[YorkshireBees]

Hoping to or maybe have to this weekend!

Running out of kit otherwise, well ok kit that is made up and ready!

 

[Dazzabee]

I took 1 supers worth last weekend (from 2 hives) and returned the wet frames to the colonies again. On inspection today those frames were partially filled already and I have another supers worth to remove this coming weekend from different colonies.

Very happy so far.

 

[ROACHMAN]

Is it OK to extract honey that hasnt been capped or will it ferment ?

 

[thurrock bees]

Is it OK to extract honey that hasnt been capped or will it ferment ?

do the shake test, hold the frame hortz and shake, if any drops come out not ready, if none comes out ready to extract

 

[MrB]

do the shake test, hold the frame hortz and shake, if any drops come out not ready, if none comes out ready to extract

or buy a cheap refractometer from fleabay for £12

 

[Queens59]

We extracted a few overwintered frames a few weeks ago...1 frame then 2 more a few days later, and both lots completely different to the other.

 

[thurrock bees]

just finished extracting for the first time this year, 12 supers -- 160 lbs of honey

 

[Jobbo]

going to be doing it this saturday (hopefully) with my dad

 

[plumberman]

130lbs from 4 hives, just finished.

Knackered.............

 

[Polyanwood]

Took 30lbs from one super today.

 

[TOBY-3652]

Ive got 2 full supers 2 extract theyve only just started 2 cap a frame or 2 but i held a couple horizontal and gave them a very good shake and not one drop came out.. Would it be ok to extract.. I dont want it to ferment but on the other hand i dont it to go solid in the frame

 

[plumberman]

On the assumption it is OSR I would. Some of the supers that I extracted today that had been capped were starting to granulate.

 

[oliver90owner]

Read the thread!

Post #11 is one which is particularly pertinent and from an experienced beek. If cr*p information is posted there are some of us that don't pussy-foot around - we simply give you the truth and point out the incorrect responses. Thurrock bees is not one that posts rubbish.

RAB