Deluxe Honey Harvesting Kit

The full production-scale harvesting setup for serious honey volume — two buckets, electric uncapping, multi-stage progressive filtering, and the bottling-day accessories that turn a five-hour job into a two-hour job. Built for beekeepers who bottle for retail, sell at markets, or harvest dozens of frames at a time.

What's in the kit

• 5 Gallon Food-Grade Honey Bucket with Tear-Tab Lid — sealed storage bucket for honey post-extraction
• 5-Gallon Honey Bucket with Gate — bottling bucket with pre-installed gate
• Pail Perch Metal — tilts the bottling bucket so the last gallon drains toward the gate
• Portable Uncapping Bench — fits on a 5-gallon bucket, workspace for uncapping
• Electric Uncapping Knife w/Thermostat — heated blade with adjustable temperature for faster, cleaner uncapping
• Capping Scratcher Deluxe (Plastic) — for spots the knife can't reach
• EZ Strainer 5 Gallon System (All Three) — 200, 400, and 600 micron strainers for multi-stage progressive filtering

How it works in real life

Set the Portable Uncapping Bench across the top of one bucket — that's your workstation. Plug in the Electric Uncapping Knife, dial in the temperature, and slice cappings off your frames; the heated blade flows through wax in a fraction of the time a cold knife takes, and honey doesn't stick to it. For corners and edges, use the Capping Scratcher. Once uncapped, extract the frames in your honey extractor (sold separately). Pour the extracted honey through the EZ Strainer System stacked on your bottling bucket — 600 micron catches wax cappings, 400 catches medium debris, 200 polishes the honey to retail clarity. Once filtered, set the bottling bucket on the Pail Perch (which tilts it forward so the last gallon flows toward the gate), and bottle into jars. The food-grade Tear-Tab Lid bucket is your overflow storage if you're harvesting more than one bucket's worth of honey.

Before you order

This kit includes everything for honey harvesting EXCEPT the honey extractor and the jars. For the extractor, see our extraction equipment line or our local rental program. For jars, see the full glass jar lineup (Muth, hex, square, mason styles). The Deluxe is sized for production scale; if you only harvest 5-10 frames a year, the Basic Kit is more cost-appropriate.

Pairs Well With

• Honey extractor (the missing piece between uncapping and straining)
• 1 lb Muth Honey Jars — production-volume bottling jars
• 2.5 lb Square Honey Jars — bulk wholesale containers
• 5 Gallon Bucket Lid Tool — for opening sealed bucket lids without damage
• Basic Honey Harvesting Kit — the hobby-scale starter alternative

Specifications

• Kit contents: 7 items (2 buckets, perch, bench, electric knife, scratcher, 3-stage strainer system)
• Vendor: Blythewood Bee Company (assembled from component inventory)
• Bucket capacities: 5 gallons each
• Strainer system: 3 stages — 200, 400, 600 micron
• Electric knife: thermostat-controlled with multiple heat settings
• Bench and perch: fit standard 5-gallon buckets
• Kit weight: 10 lbs (approximate)
• Kit dimensions: 13 × 13 × 16 in

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between this and the Basic Kit?

Three big upgrades: (1) Electric uncapping knife with thermostat instead of a manual serrated knife — faster, cleaner, and honey doesn't stick to a heated blade. (2) EZ Strainer System (3 micron stages) instead of a single-stage strainer — produces retail-quality clarity. (3) Second bucket (food-grade sealed Tear-Tab) for overflow storage when you're processing more than 5 gallons. Plus the Pail Perch, which the Basic doesn't include.

Do I need an extractor for this kit too?

Yes. The kit handles everything from uncapping to bottling, but you still need to spin honey out of the frames after uncapping. We sell extractors and rent them locally; many beekeeping clubs also have a shared extractor.

How does the electric uncapping knife actually help?

Two main reasons. First, it cuts cappings faster — the heated blade flows through wax instead of dragging through it. Second, honey doesn't stick to the warm blade the way it sticks to a cold one, so the wax cappings drop cleanly onto the bench instead of carrying honey with them. For large harvests (more than 5-10 frames per session), the time savings adds up to hours per harvest.

Why does the EZ Strainer System have three stages?

Different micron levels catch different particle sizes. The 600 catches wax cappings and big debris; the 400 catches medium particles; the 200 polishes the honey to the kind of bright, clear finish that retail customers expect. For hobby use, one stage is plenty. For market or wholesale honey, the three-stage cascade matters.

Is this kit assembled by hand?

Yes. Each kit is built fresh from component inventory at our warehouse. If you order during peak harvest season, kits ship the next business day.

What if I don't need everything in this kit?

If you already have an uncapping bench or a bucket, the Deluxe Kit isn't the right buy — you'd be paying for duplicates. In that case, look at the Basic Kit (which has fewer components) or buy individual items from our extraction collection. The Deluxe Kit is priced for the customer who needs the full setup at once.