September 27, 2005 - Honey of a Day
Even though it was a town work day, farming work was done today. Today, Joanne extracted the honey from the first-year hives.
Here’s a section of a frame of honey still in the comb.
The frames go in the extractor.
The extractor gets spun around manually to spin the honey out - think a giant salad spinner or a very slow autoclave for the scientists out there.
Finally, the pot of honey - kind of like making something from nothing - like fruits from sunlight.
