Extracting Honey (First Time)

Today we are Extracting Honey (First Time) for 2022 and first time with a Spinner!
Hi, we're Matt & Sara. Along with our 4 kids, our dog, 3 pigs, 1 cat, a lot of chickens and even more bees we have been developing our homesteading lifestyle. After over a decade on our property we are finally debt free and using our new FREEDOM to do what we have always wanted to do (be self reliant)! Today we are using a spinner for the first time for extracting honey!
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Carver, MN 55315
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[@arkadiuszkos3954]

Wow 😮❤

[@MikeBarryBees]

“Let’s give it a whirl”...😂😂. Beautiful honey and always great to get it flowing so you can see the culmination of all the bees work and your work. I know that had to be exciting for the kids to help.

[@mattsara2802]

😂 it is so cool to see the full circle. It was so fun with the kids and they loved it. 😃🐝

[@lexnite22]

One of the great activities of beekeeping with the kids, because it creates memories of just hanging with dad.

[@mattsara2802]

You are absolutely right

[@GrammyMidwife]

Isn’t it sooooo satisfying?! Beautiful light honey!

[@mattsara2802]

Yes it is Lisa 😃

[@northstarprepsteader]

That's a beautiful harvest!

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks 😊

[@GEEZBEEZ]

Beautiful honey. Lots of good help also. Thanks for sharing.

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks yes they were 😊

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Matt put your uncapper bucket right next to the extractor, limits the floor drippings. Maybe on a table so your not bending over? Is that garlic drying on the rack?! I'll be right over :)

[@mattsara2802]

😂 yeah that would help with the sticky feet. 😆 yes it is and I will see you soon. 😂

[@CastleHives]

I need to catch up, vacation week. Going to save this to watch later.

[@pamelapruitt2558]

Beautiful family, beautiful honey. Matt, you are a blessed man.

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks. Yes I am 😃

[@whitestone4401]

Great job! Your children are precious.

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks 😊

[@maryranch5329]

Awesome... 🍯 Honey 🍯. Can tell you are so excited 😆. Looks amazing...and the equipment did very well. Have a wonderful day 💞

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks Mary. It was lots of fun. 😃

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

Great stuff. We have the same fun with the bees in the UK. Best wishes from across the pond!

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks!! You too!

[@628DirtRooster]

Congrats on your first harvest.

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks Randy 😃

[@artmonk5907]

Looks like a great machine for the price

[@mattsara2802]

It’s working out well!

[@HomesteadingNorthernMichigan]

Very nice... good morning my friends... have a very blessed day... are you selling any honey

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks buddy. We might just hang on to it this year.

[@janie2shoes537]

Congratulations, how exciting !!

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks it was soooooo fun 😃

[@russellkoopman3004]

Matt it looks like you could filet a fish in under a minute. LOL Our MN honey is so light colored compared to the southern folks. What did you do with all the honey in the cappings? Crush and strain? "Can you smell that flora" - a great smell indeed!!

[@mattsara2802]

😆 yes I can. Yeah I have noticed that it is way lighter here. I did what Mike Berry did. Made Pattie’s and let them drain.

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Yours is light? I never really paid attention before Russell. Ours is rather dark. Maybe is the marshland and the forest here.

[@mattsara2802]

Last year was darker than this year. But my first year was light too.

[@russellkoopman3004]

@@MinnesotaBeekeeper Ithink most of mine is light amber and some goes to almost clear.

[@dottieboatman9816]

….so was it easier? Looks very rewarding.

[@mattsara2802]

Easier No but not difficult at all and we get wax now.

[@starlight7886]

super ;)

[@jenny_rice]

What a great harvest!!

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks 😊 Jenny.

[@bonnieneufeldt1814]

That is awesome!! Great job to you and your family!

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks 😊

[@gringodesarita2606]

Nice video and I think we’re all set for when the extractor arrives in a few days! I see your garlic off to the side there, drying. Honey & garlic seem to go well together and we also grow garlic.

[@mattsara2802]

Honey garlic!! Yes! Delicious! I used the end of mine up a few weeks ago. May have to make more. 🤔

[@dcsblessedbees]

I remember watching is helping😅 my mommy use to tell me that lol lots sometimes. It's hard to stand and be patient watching when ya a little, they did real well. When that motor is shifting speed you can see it shift/move a bit, be sure to check your bolts again. You can see that🍯smile in you eye as you watch it spin.🤠Kids are fun I get a kick out of them when Joy just wiggles out of them.😇Happy Family, Happy Bees, Happy Keeper, Ty for sharing, Blessed Days... I am at that point of really needing an extractor, and this is just my first summer lol. I though about getting a lower end module but next season I'm planning to hit the high teens to low twenties with nucs and I run deeps, that could be a lot of flipping.😮‍💨Figure I'll try and save for a bit and get a 12 or 18 would love a 24 for later expansion, but I notice extractors are kind of spendy.

[@mattsara2802]

😂 yes it is hard but they loved it. It was so fun.

[@kennydykes1145]

Nice video, that looked like a happy beekeeper in that last shot in the video. Got a question, have you put any Med frames in it yet? If so, how did they fit? Radial or like the deep frames, where ya gota flip them?

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks. The mediums you don’t have to flip.

[@KATrGEEK]

Great job, how exciting and gratifying to watch you harvest honey after all your hard work. Also in MN and a mead maker, wish I could buy some, but sounds like you use it all up?

[@mattsara2802]

Thanks 😃. Next year we will sell some.

[@MrsCynfuller]

Liquid gold

[@mattsara2802]

Yes!!

[@JetHenke]

Are you still satisfied with your extractor?

[@mattsara2802]

Yes 👍

[@SouthernBlessedHomestead]

I love honey I would be licking my fingers a lot. . Lol that’s a lot of honey

[@mattsara2802]

😂 the kids definitely did lots of that. 😂

[@SouthernBlessedHomestead]

@@mattsara2802 😂😂

[@johnmenocal1633]

Should the honey gate at the bottom be open the entire time so the honey does not get into the bearing that the support shaft rests on? Is this even something to be concerned about??!!

[@mattsara2802]

If you were going to run a lot of frames, then yes, you can leave it open. If you are not then it doesn’t matter as long as you don’t go over the bearing.