Extracting Service - Available in 2011

Beginning in July of 2011, we will be offering custom extraction by appointment.  Our extracting season will run from July until September 30th.  Because it gets more difficult to extract with our setup when the weather is cold, we may have to limit appointments due to unseasonably cold weather.

Contact Us  for more information or to set an appointment.  We will not schedule you any sooner than 48 hours from the time you call.

Our pricing for 2011 will be as follows:

1 to 5 shallows, mediums or combination of the two incur a $45.00 setup fee.
Additional supers cost $9.00 each for shallows or mediums and $11.00 each for deeps.

For example:  if you were to bring in two mediums, it would cost you $45.00 for me to extract them.  

If you were to bring in five mediums, it would cost you $45.00 for me to extract them.  

If you were to bring in six mediums, it would cost you $54.00 ($45 for the first five and $9 for the additional).  And so on.

The more supers you bring in in an order, the more cost effective it is for you.  

As a rule of thumb, figure that you will get about five gallons of honey for each two mediums or each deep.

• Five gallons of honey weighs 60 pounds.  

• Five mediums will yield about 12 gallons of honey or 144 pounds.  

• Your extraction, if you were to bring in five mediums, costs you about 31 cents a pound.  

• If you only bring in one medium, well, that's not going to be very cost effective for you at roughly $1.60 per pound.

All this is merely estimation for purposes of example.  Your results may vary due to the amount of honey in each super!

We had to adopt this pricing due to the amount of setup required to run each job.  Our equipment is thoroughly cleaned between customers, and that's a lot of work for us.

Also, you must bring your own five gallon food grade plastic buckets with lids.  If you need to buy them, we have them for $10.00 each.  Count on one bucket per each deep or each two mediums.  I DO NOT fill buckets all the way full!  I don't like to handle 60 pound buckets and you won't like trying to poor them into your bottling tank.  Trust me.  I try to keep them around 50 pounds full.

If you are a beginner and only have a super or two, you may want to simply scoop the comb off the foundation into a strainer and let the wax and honey separate and drain into a container.  We did this for the first two to three years we kept bees and it works quite well.  A teaspoon will do the job nicely.  If you're careful, you can put the foundation right back into your hive!