Article: A Sweet development, Extractor expands the option for honey producers

WESTON George McCartney and his two grandsons watch as honey pours from the outlet of a honey extractor into a clarifying pan in the back room of the beekeeper cooperatives building. The Crawford resident started a couple of beehives last year to pollinate his crops. Now hes planting fruit trees, flowers and just anything the bees will work off of to make honey. He has eight hives now. It just seems like it gets in your blood, McCartney said. With a $6,000 investment and equipment donated by the state Department of Agriculture and individual beekeepers, the West Virginia Honey Producers Inc. has set up a health certificated extraction service that could help beekeepers like McCartney sell ...

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