Respond to: Pollinator @aol.com.
 
Jeoffry Young asks about buying an extractor:
  Unless you are really trying to shed some surplus money (you could send
some this way), an extractor is a poor purchase, until you get up over a
hundred hives, and I'm not so sure even then. There are many commercial
beekeepers who do custom extraction for around 9-10 cents per pound. I'm sure
you can find one in your area. It takes a long time for an extractor to pay
for itself, especially when compared to taking the supers to someone else,
and leaving a couple hours later with buckets of honey. (He'll probably give
you credit for the cappings.)
  Check your local doughnut shop for good (safe for food) buckets.
  There's a beekeeper version of Murphy's law. "Any honey spill, no matter
how small, is enough to cover the whole kitchen floor." And that's not
speaking of wax - a prescription for divorce.
 
:) No the nanny didn't drop me on my head. We were poor folks; my mama had to
do it.