How to Choose Honey Harvesting Equipment

Extracting Equipment

• 1

  Estimate the number of supers to be harvested, both now and in the future.

• 2

  Determine overhead costs vs. output of marketable honey.

• 3

  Select electric or hand-turning extracting equipment.

• 4

  Choose uncapping equipment. Purchase an uncapping tub and bench and an electric knife or plane for large harvests or a large pan found in the canning section and a punch or capping scratcher for smaller harvests.

Equipment to Prepare and Store Honey

• 5

  Choose a honey-straining method. Strain from the extractor into a holding tank or straight from the extractor to jars.

• 6

  Talk to people about the sizes of honey they would be interested in purchasing.

• 7

  Look at the sizes of honey containers available at the grocery store.

• 8

  Select jars or containers to store honey.