Ever wondered how honey makes its journey from the beehive to your table?
Honey extraction is one of the most exciting moments in the beekeeping season. It’s where months of hard work from our bees — collecting nectar, transforming it into honey, and carefully storing it in wax comb — finally becomes the golden, delicious honey you enjoy.
At EastCoastHoney.com, we use a careful, bee-friendly extraction process that keeps the honey raw, clean, and full of natural goodness. Nothing artificial is added, and nothing valuable is taken away. Just pure honey, handled with care every step of the way.
In the videos below, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how we spin honey from the frames, strain it naturally, and even let our bees reclaim every last drop from the wax cappings. It’s a beautiful blend of nature, science, and teamwork — both human and bee 🐝
Let’s take a look at how liquid gold is harvested.
Video 01 – Spinning Gold
Fresh frames from our beehives go straight into the honey extractor — a stainless steel drum powered by a motor.
As the extractor slowly starts spinning, centrifugal force begins pulling honey out of the honeycomb cells. The faster it spins, the more honey is released.
You’ll see the honey collect along the walls of the extractor before sliding down to the bottom — liquid gold in motion ✨
Once extraction is complete, we open the honey gate at the base. The honey flows through three strainers and into a storage bucket, ready for settling and bottling.
Video 02 – Extraction in Action (Close-Up)
Take a peek inside the extractor while it’s spinning.
As the motor turns the frames, centrifugal force slings raw honey to the walls of the drum. From there, it drains to the bottom, passes through strainers, and is stored until bottling.
This is the moment honey officially leaves the comb and begins its journey to your table.
Inside the Extractor
Here’s a look inside the extractor after six frames have been spun.
You can see the honey resting at the bottom before it’s drained through the triple straining system. Pure, raw, freshly harvested honey — just moments from being filtered.
Video 03 – Straining to Perfection
Our late-season honey goes through a triple-filter system using 600, 400, and 200 micron strainers.
This removes wax bits, flakes, and natural debris — while keeping all the good stuff intact.
The result? EastCoastHoney.com’s finest Golden Nectar of the Gods 🍯👑
Video 04 – Nothing Goes to Waste
Even after extraction, the wax cappings are still full of honey!
Instead of wasting it, we place the cappings outside for our bees to clean up. And they don’t miss a drop.
Field bees collect every trace of leftover honey in their honey crops and bring it back to the hive to feed the colony 🐝
Honeybees are Super-Organisms and among nature’s Most Efficient in Resource Management, Intellect, Work Unity, and Cooperativeness toward their common goals.