The harvest.

To harvest the honey the beekeeper removes the super from the brood chamber.
The layer of wax over the op of the cells is removed (uncapping). 
Then the frames are put into the extractor. You can compare an extractor with a clothes-drier.
By the angular velocity the honey is swung into the barrel and collected (the liquid gold).
Via a little tab the honey flows into the honey tank through a double slide strainer to separate the remaining wax and the honey.
The tank in only a stainless or plastic container with a tab.

 

Plastic tank

Stainless tank

Top view of an extractor

Plastic tank
Stainless tank
Top view of an extractor

By stirring the honey on a daily basis, it will set smoothly. Honey consists of different kind of sugars who will set differently.
To obtain a smooth honey, it is necessary the break the structure of the different kinds of sugar. That’s why honey needs stirring.
After a couple of weeks, depending on the temperature; the honey will set slowly. This is the moment to pour the honey into jars.
Ready to be eaten.
After the harvest the bees must get something in return. We have of course taken away their winter supply. The bee keeper replaces
the honey by a sugar based solution, 10 to 15 kg per hive. The bees store this sugar and have thus enough supplies to get through the winter.