keep bees and process honey

Honey harvesting
For traditional and top-bar hives, harvest once or twice a year. For the Langstroth hive,
harvest three or four times a year.
Steps in harvesting honey:

• Wear protective clothing: overall, veils, gloves, boots 
• Light smoker
• Gently open the hive
• Select combs that are two-thirds sealed full of honey
• Avoid combs with brood
• Lift comb, blow smoke on both sides and gently brush bees back into hive with a feather
• Cut away combs and honey, leaving about 1 cm of comb on the bar
• Place capped honey in a clean, dry container and cover
• Leave at least eight combs for the bees
• Before closing hive, push the unripe combs next to the combs with brood and place harvested bars behind these.