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Start a honey processing business

Honeycomb from hives→Bottled honey, beeswax and candles

Honey sells at a good price, and the wax is a second product: candles, polish and cosmetics. A small honey house extracts, filters and bottles. The wax press and candle moulds come as you grow.

Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.

The line, step by step

What happens from honeycomb from hives to bottled honey, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.

  1. Harvest

    Calm the bees with smoke and take the full combs, in proper gear.

    Bee smokers and hive tools
  2. Extract

    Spins honey out of the combs, so they go back to the hive to refill.

    Honey extractors
  3. Filter and bottle

    Strains out wax and bits, then fills bottles cleanly.

    Honey filtering and bottling machines
  4. Press and melt wax

    Add later

    Squeezes the last honey from the comb and melts the wax into blocks.

    Honey presses and wax melters
  5. Candles

    Add later

    Turns beeswax into candles, a second product.

    Soy wax, candle wicks and moulds

Starter line

The machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Bee smokers and hive toolsHarvest
  2. Honey extractorsExtract
  3. Honey filtering and bottling machinesFilter and bottle

Full line

Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Bee smokers and hive toolsHarvest
  2. Honey extractorsExtract
  3. Honey filtering and bottling machinesFilter and bottle
  4. Honey presses and wax meltersPress and melt wax
  5. Soy wax, candle wicks and mouldsCandles

Power

Extractors come hand-turned or electric; wax melters need heat. A small honey house can start with no power at all.

Grow machine by machine

Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.

Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.

Also useful

Farming & food processing

Beekeeping suits and gloves

Ventilated beekeeping suits, veils and gloves that keep stings out while you work the hives.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra by Sat 12 Dec if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Machines & heavy equipment

Candle making machines

Machines that mould candles in batches for churches, homes and gift shops.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Before you buy

  1. Harvest only capped, ripe honey. Honey taken too early is watery and ferments in the bottle.
  2. Never add sugar or water. Pure honey is what keeps buyers, and bottled honey sold in shops needs FDA Ghana registration.
  3. Keep everything that touches honey clean and dry, and use food-grade containers.

Are you ready for the machines?

Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.

  • Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.

  • Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.

  • Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.

  • Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.

  • Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.

  • Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.

  • Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.

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Buying a machine with Landed

  • One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
  • A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
  • The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
  • Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
  • Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
  • Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
  • A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.

Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.