LLCC honey harvest photos

Two individuals in bee keeper outfits at the bee hivesLast week members of the Prairie State and Lincoln Land Beekeepers Associations were on hand demonstrating the process of honey extraction from the beehives at the West Lake Nature Grove. Once the honey supers were removed, they moved to the Kreher Agriculture Center for a demonstration on how to extract the honey from the frames. Participants helped with the extraction process and sampled the raw honey.

Thanks to Chris McDonald, Ph.D., professor of political science, for sharing the following photos from the event.

Beekeeper showing honeycomb to studentsDave Cox holding and talking about honey combBrent Todd scraping honey off of combParticipants around vatspulling the honeycomb out of vatThe finished product, honey, out of vat