FAQs About Extracting Honey From Comb At Home - Amazing Tips From A Beekeeper

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Beehive hive ventilation is important to reduce humidity in the hive.

Yes, this should generally be safe. Brood box honey is best spun out with a centrifugal extractor.

Can you eat honey from the brood box?

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This minimises the pieces of dirt honey can get from brood combs. 

Can you eat honey from the brood box?

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In the event that bees have been exposed to pesticides, brood comb honey should not be consumed.

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What to do if there is brood in the honey super?

I would just wait a while and put another super on the hive. 

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What to do if there is brood in the honey super?

 As autumn approaches the bees will reduce the brood nest and this super brood will hatch and leave.

 Spacing your super frames in a 9 or 8 frame configuration also reduces brood in supers.

What to do if there is brood in the honey super?

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Can you extract honey with brood in it?

If you plan to spin the honey, then extracting honey with brood in it is not advisable.

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This will allow you to produce the best-tasting honey! You can even keep honey from different combs separate this way. 

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