– Protect yourself from stings – Fire up a smoker to sedate the bees – Crack the hive open – Lift heavy boxes – Pull out the frames, try not to squash bees – Brush the bees off the combs or use a leaf blower – Transport the frames to a processing shed – Cut the wax capping off each frame with a heated knife or automatic uncapping machine – Put them in an extractor to spin out the honey – Filter out all the wax and dead bees – Clean up – Place frames back in the hive