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My honey is not heated or treated nor is it blended with honey from other sources. It retains the beneficial nutrients and antioxidants that honey naturally contains. I consider this to be the definition of "raw" honey.
I generally only have two hives that I harvest in mid to late summer. Once the honey frames are ready, I extract the honey with a manual extractor and filter it through cheesecloth and a double stainless steel sieve. The honey is filtered in to a bucket with a valve which allows me to then pour the honey directly in to glass jars.
You might be surprised to know my hives can produce anywhere from 75 to 150 lbs of honey during a season. I only harvest half of it and leave plenty in the hives for the bees so they have enough food to survive our New England winter.
Full frame of honey that I just started uncapping. Bees cap honey with a thin layer of beeswax once it is ripe.
I use an uncapping knife to remove the wax cappings from the frames.
Honey frames are placed in to the extractor after they are uncapped and are spun around. The honey is removed from the frames by centrifugal force.
Honey flowing from extractor.
Honey is poured in to jars and labels are added by hand.
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