This AgGuide, published by the NSW DPI, is a comprehensive guide to extracting and processing honey. It contains content aimed at commercial beekeepers, but will be of interest to beekeepers at all levels. It takes the reader all the way from the hive to the honey shed.

Table of contents:

• Hive to Extraction
• Safety
• Properties of honey
• Remove honey from the hive
• Transport from hive to extracting facility
• Extraction premises
• Site
• Design
• Mobile extraction facilities
• Honey extraction
• The extraction process
• Extraction equipment
• Maintenance
• Honey storage
• HACCP for the honey industry
• Controlling and maintaining honey quality
• Appendix 1: Checklists and record sheets
• Appendix 2: Codex for honey
• Appendix 3: Antibiotic residues
• Appendix 4: Sample safety data sheet
• Appendix 5: Vendor declaration