Exciting times! After about 14 months of beekeeping, we harvested our first frame of honey. It produced about a quart. I’m not sure what to expect for the full season, but it should be somewhere around 10 quarts.

I decided to document the whole process because it’s the sort of thing I would have appreciated knowing going into it. Here’s the 10-minute video:

Amazon links to some of the supplies we used:

• Cute little bear bottles
• Honey strainer
• Honey extractor
• Uncapping fork
• Honey filter, if you prefer to crush and strain rather than use an extractor

And a few photos –

First jar of honey

First honey harvest