First honey harvest, plus pics of homemade bottling bucket

[Hethen57]

I decided my bees could spare a shallow super of honey, so my wife and I pulled a super and used the crush and strain method to extract 2 gallons of very sweet blonde honey.  We cut the comb from the frames with a knife and/or a cake serving spatula, crushed on a glass cutting board, mashed with a pototo masher, then dumped the mashings into a salad spinner tub over a large bowl.  At this point we realized we needed a way to bottle the honey, and no bee stores are open on Sunday, so we made a trip to Home Depot and picked up a 5 gal food grade bucket, lid, and parts for make a spigot (about $11 total), and picked up some 5 gallon paint strainers.  Below are some photos of the operation...it worked awesome with no leaks.
-Mike

[Bee-Bop]

Sure looks good to me !!

Bee-Bop

[asprince]

Will work as good or better than "store bought". Your honey looks very light. Your first honey from your bees is always the best!


Steve

[poka-bee]

Looks great!  Hey, we have a big chunk of that color granite sitting in the driveway!  :shock:
Jody