You could also call this an update from a 3rd year beekeeper. I expanded
my hives substantially this year, fed the splits heavy, and had to get
some outyards. I robbed in the light rain Friday and yesterday we
extracted. Had some repeat cheap help and first timers. Got one guy in a
hive for the first time. No anaphylxis! Anyway, we ended up doing 20-25
supers with a 3 frame radial extractor and a 4 gallon bucket with double
screen filter. The filtering was the limiting factor as far as speed, way
too slow.  We ran out of new honey jars and had to use some clean canning
jars, then used one gallon wine fermentors when we ran out lids. My wife
thought that the pint jars would last ten years, not one.

So I wanted to share this years success with everyone as Bee-L has helped
me out a lot with encouragement, feedback, and critique, often just by
reading everyones posts

I also hope for others to share their experience of how they grew into a
sideline/commercial beekeeper. Of concern for next year is what kind of
bottles to get and sources for them (we prefer the way glass allows honey
to shine), filtering/extracting methods ( to conserve money and profit I
might just get a second double screen and bucket), and anything else...

Thank you and I hope your house is as sticky as mine! Joe

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