The Honey House
Honey extracting takes place in this building for 4-6 weeks out of the year.
Behind the Scenes…
Welcome to The Honey House, where honey harvest is equal parts hard work, history, and a whole lot of sticky floors. This is where raw honey makes its way from hive to jar—spun, strained, and stored with care (and maybe a little controlled chaos).
A Short but Sweet Honey Flow
In Nebraska, honey season is fleeting—our bees have just 4 to 6 weeks to make the bulk of their year’s supply. That means when the honey flow hits, we hustle.
Every summer, Brian muscles through the bee yards, lifting 50+ pound honey supers (boxes filled with frames of capped honey) in the blazing sun, stacking them high, and hauling them back to the farm. And while friends and family jump in to help with extraction, Brian’s is doing the heavy lifting to bring it back here.
The Retro Charm of The Honey House
Once the honey supers arrive, the real fun begins. Step inside The Honey House, and you’ll find well-loved vintage equipment that has been in the family for years. It’s not just functional—it’s part of our farm’s history.
Our retro Uncapper carefully removes the wax cappings from each frame, revealing the golden honey beneath. From there, the frames move to our two 60-frame extractors, which use centrifugal force to spin the honey from the comb. Think of it like an old-fashioned carnival ride, but for honey—not bees.
After extraction, the honey flows through a wax separator, which removes larger bits of wax while keeping all the good stuff intact. The wax gets saved for candles, balms, and other farm-made products, while the honey continues on its way.
Drums of Liquid Gold
The freshly spun honey is collected in 55-gallon drums, where it’s stored until it’s bottled or used for something special—creamed honey, infused flavors, or our slow-aged barrel varieties.
And if you’ve ever noticed how our honey changes color and flavor, that’s because every batch is a reflection of the season. The taste, texture, and hue shift depending on what’s blooming—from wildflowers and clover to fruit blossoms and prairie plants.
No Heat, No Filtering—Just the Good Stuff
At Fat Head Honey, we never heat or fine-filter our honey. What you get is exactly what the bees created—pure, raw, unfiltered, and packed with all the natural pollen, enzymes, and nutrients that make honey so special.
“One honeybee makes just 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her entire lifetime-think about that next time you drizzle a spoonful. It takes millions of flowers, thousands of bees, and a whole lot of teamwork to fill a jar”
So the next time you drizzle Fat Head Honey over your biscuits or stir it into your tea, just know-it’s been on quite the journey to get there.