It is sticky, but as you know, the propilis (sp?) is the stickiest stuff. For honey through this process, we did a lot of licking fingers...If I am not wearing gloves, I usually put on latex gloves. They can sting through those, but your hands don't get so sticky. Also, the first thing we do is put down a cheap drop cloth when we are harvesting so we don't track sticky honey everywhere.

On the bee brush - it just takes too much time. Easier to shake and then blow off the last few holdouts.

Our "honey house" is our friends. They built one of those tough shed prefab things, plumbed electricity to it. It is beautiful. The best part is they have somewhere to store all of their stuff. We had great weather this year, but last year it was mid 90's with lots of humidity. We had a fan and we were in shorts and a t shirt, so it wasn't all bad. We would most likely use our garage or our basement. Probably our garage because we wouldn't want to introduce hive beetles or wax moths into the house.

When the honey comes through the extractor there is a filter that is very porous. Big enough to let pollen and other beneficial things, but small enough to keep bee parts, wings, legs, butts, etc. out of the honey.

My favorite part is catching swarms - I have a few of those videos also posted. People love our honey. Not sure what flower it is that makes them think it tastes so good. Yet another beekeeping mystery.