Hive Died. What Next?

So, my only bee hive died during the winter. When I discovered them, it bummed me out and I really didn't want to do anything with the hive right away, so I placed the whole thing in the shed and I just left it there for a couple of weeks. A few days ago, it was a warm day and I was out getting some things done around the yard. I decided to take the hive out and really inspect it. I set it on the ground and took out some of the frames. I looked at the couple of frames that had capped honey in them that for whatever reason, my bees didn't eat. There wasn't much and since I had no bees, I would try to harvest the little bit that was there, especially since I hadn't gotten a chance to taste any honey that the bees stored.  I took the frames inside and cut the part of the comb out that had the honey. I had read a little about a harvesting process called crush and strain. Normally, you would cut the caps off of the comb, hang the frame in a honey extractor and spin the honey out of the comb. Crush and strain, on the other hand, is a process by which you cut the comb out of a frame and place it in a shallow pan. You then crush the comb with blunt object or your hand, then let the honey strain through a very fine filter into a vessel for storage. An extractor is pretty pricey and the crush and strain method seemed like a good alternative. Since there wasn't that much, I really didn't have to crush it. As I cut it off, it basically fell apart. I put the comb and honey in a pan lined with waxed paper. I then needed something to strain the honey with. I had read about people using paint strainers or stockings. I didn't have a paint strainer, so Catherine was nice enough to let me have one of her clean stockings.
That ended up working perfectly. I stretched the stocking over a small jar, then spooned the honey and wax into the stocking. Before long, we had a little jar of yummy honey from our own bees. It was quite an accomplishment. And the honey was indeed yummy!