Zack has been feeding them 1:1 sugar syrup every week for the past couple of weeks and it looks like it's paying off. We added another deep and plan to keep feeding so they have a nice strong colony to go into winter with.
After we added the other deep to the bee club bees we checked on my hive's stores. We pulled six frames of capped honey and replaced the frames with drawn out frames that I had on hand. I needed some freezer space to put more frames, so I pulled out all the capped frames in the freezer and started extracting. What a messy process! All of the frames I extracted weren't wired at all, so I wasn't sure how they would do in the extractor. Most of them did fine, out of 15 probably, 12 made it intact. I think I got about 4 gallons.
The frames were decapped and then spun in the extractor on both sides. Then the extractor is emptied into the strainer bucket to catch any wax cappings that got into the honey.
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Yes it is a mess! Did your kitchen have that "everything feels sticky" sensation afterward. Next year for me it's outside on the deck inside a screen tent so I can hose it all down when I'm done.
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