Extracting Honey for Crane Meadows
Ron got pretty fast at uncapping.... This was the 24 frame extractor before Tracy Mathews of Mathews Electric outfitted the extractor with a variable speed, program controlled motor. Thank you Tracy!
Our good buddy, Terry Aucoin helped. He learned how to get the bees out of the honey supers, carry heavy boxes and pull frames for Ron to uncap. Terry said it was "the sweetest job he ever had." :)
In 2014 We harvested most of our honey at the Liberty County Beekeepers public demo called: Honey Harvest Day. We had quite a croud of people come out to watch and learn how we get the honey out of the boxes and frames.
Liberty County Beekeepers will have another Honey Harvest Day on July 18, 2015
Other photos...
- Equipment - 2014 going from 9 hives to 50 hives in one year
- Harvesting honey
- More picture at the mating yard
- Hanging out with the queens
INterested in pure local honey?
Texas Beekeepers Association maintains an inter-active map listing places to buy local honey from Texas beekeepers. There is a link on the right side under Places we like.
Honey from Bentley Bees hives is sold through Crane Meadows.
For honey local to the Houston, Harris County, Chambers County and Liberty County areas, you won't find any honey of better quality then from Crane Meadows.