Well, after all day Saturday, and most of the day Sunday, the extraction is now officially over. We had a decent turnout of people who came to help out, and a good time was had by everyone. Considering it was the first time using the new equipment, everything went very smoothly except for the problem of the pump hoses clogging.
We haven't measured the exact amount of honey yet, but somewhere around 100 gallons my rough estimate. Quite a bit less than we were hoping for, but still a good amount.
Here's some pictures:
The partial setup
It was a bit of a problem keeping the bees out of the room.
A steady stream of golden honey flowed into the bucket all day long...
...except when it refused to. Trying to unclog the pipes...again
Except for the occasional frame getting stuck, the new uncapper worked like a charm.
We had a great group of people helping.
Especially with scraping and loading frames.
Honey streaming off of the frames
-J
Sounds fun. Not too many bee stings, I hope.
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