I remove 4 or 8 frames of honey from a hive. This is a batch of about 12 or 24 pounds of honey. The top layer of wax is sliced off the honeycomb and I load the uncapped frames into an extractor. The extractor is turned on and the frames are spun around to pull the honey out of the cells on one side of the frames. The frames are flipped and spun again to extract the honey from the other side. A stainless steel strainer is placed over a stainless steel bucket and I put them under the extractor's shutoff valve. When the extraction is complete, the valve is opened and the honey flows through the strainer and into the bucket. I tip the extractor on it's side and I use a plastic scrapper to remove the honey from the inside wall of the extractor. Honey is pressed out of the sliced off pieces of wax from the start of the process. Up to this point, the process has been long and messy. I'm very sticky with honey. When the extractor is completely drained, I remove the strainer, cover the bucket with a lid, and set it aside. I clean everything up and the process becomes way less sticky. I let the honey rest for 3-5 days to allow air bubbles to rise out of the honey. I remove a small amount of honey and color classify the batch. Jars are prepared to be filled. I place a jar under the bucket's shutoff valve, open the valve, and fill the jar. It's sealed with a lid and set aside. The jars are weighed and the amount of honey is calculated. I make the labels and attach them to the jars.
When I think about "Local Honey", it make me think that the honey is from a small beekeeper that lives very close to were the honey is sold and that the honey is raw. In reality, "Local Honey" is an arbitrary term. It seems that it's basic meaning is: it's produced or processed within 400 miles or within the state from where it is sold. It doesn't have anything to do with the size of the of operation or any process that is uses for production. The term isn't set by law or a governing agency. It's up to you to decide what is local.
My apiary, Urban Wild Honey, is in Mason Michigan. I have 3 hives and I don't plan on having more than 15. My process is simple. I get the honey from my bees, it goes through a strainer and a course filter to remove most of the wax, and it's put into jars. At the moment, the honey is only sold at the apiary. It doesn't get any more local than that.