Honey harvest and er, shopping.
The moment has come to harvest! We are so excited we have done so much research into what to do.
We need all this stuff:
- an extractor – we are using a radial one
- a spectronmeter
- a honey settling tank
- a mesh filter
- jars for different sizes
- lids for different sized jars – you have to buy these seperately
- labels – its a legal requirement to label if you want to sell honey
- decapping comb
- deep cleaned and tidy kitchen.
We could buy all of this but the last one from Amazon (feel free to advertise on my blog). In the end though we borrowed the extractor and the spectrometer as these are pricey items and bought the rest. Except the last one, that was harder to source.
There are so many rules about honey. you can put it in any sized jar but it must have a label on it with the weight in the jar, and 6 other items. These are (courtesy of Thornes)
1. The word Honey is required.
2. The weight must be on the label in the legal size and format.
3. You can specify the area where the honey is produced. For example, Lincolnshire, Forest of
Dean, Scottish Borders.
Dean, Scottish Borders.
4. You can specify the type of honey. For example, Heather, Borage. The honey must be at
least 75% of that particular type.
least 75% of that particular type.
5. You must have your name and address on the label. It does not
need to be complete but you should be able to be found from the information.
need to be complete but you should be able to be found from the information.
6. If you are selling the honey through a third party, you must have a lot number.
7. You must have a best before date on the jar. 2-5 years from production is best
8. You must have a country of origin on the jar. For example – Produce of England, Produced in
Scotland, Harvested in Wales. Adding the country to the end of your address is not
acceptable.
Scotland, Harvested in Wales. Adding the country to the end of your address is not
acceptable.
The jars have arrived.
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