Comments on: Honey House Set Up

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 02:14:14 +0000

I’m entering my second year of beekeeping, so I’m hoping to be able to harvest honey this year. In looking at your list of needed items for a honey house, do you have any changes or additional suggestions since you made this list in 2018? Do you have a preferred vendor for getting these items? I already have an extractor on order…..I don’t have anything else yet. I’ll be using an empty bay in our garage for my honey extraction set up. Thanks for your help!

By: Claire Jones

Claire Jones — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:36:23 +0000

In reply to Phil meuse. You need to leave some honey for the bees for the winter. I place the empty supers that I just extracted on top of the hive so they can fill them up with late season nectar to last over the winter. It depends on where you live as to how much honey bees need to survive. The further north you are, the more honey they need. I charge $12 a pound.

By: Phil meuse

Phil meuse — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 15:16:24 +0000

Do I leave any honey supers on for the bees?
Price per pound for honey

By: Claire Jones

Claire Jones — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:53:10 +0000

In reply to Larry Allen. I don't sell my honey commercially for that reason (ag Rules) Too many regs

By: Larry Allen

Larry Allen — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:19:37 +0000

Not any good if you want to sell honey in Pa,? Don’t think it would pass dept of ag rules