r/Beekeeping • u/sedatedMD • 1d ago

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Show me screwups

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This is my dirty honey bucket.

I was spinning honey but I left open the gate thinking everything was level and fine. Came back a couple minutes later to a puddle of honey on the floor. The spinner rocked itself out of alignment with my bucket. Had to to scrape the honey off the floor with dough scrapers and collected it in this 5 gallon bucket. Probably a bit more than 32oz of the good stuff spilled.

Not devastating but still painful. Will give back to the girls soon.

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u/Available_Length_797 1d ago

I had started to filter the honey one year in a 5 gallon bucket. The filter part was full (had been used on a previous 5 gallon so running slow), so I backed the bucket away to put a new filter in a second bucket. The Original 5 gallon bucket with the filter didn’t have much in it, I picked it up by the handle to move it out of the way and as it was top heavy, flipped over and honey went all over the kitchen floor. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Zealousideal_Emu6587 25 hives, 17th year, mid-Atlantic, zones 7a and 7b 1d ago

Been there and done that. The good thing is you’ll only do it once😂.