The first step in "making honey" is removing the wax with a hot knife.
Removing the wax, up close.
The centrifuge. Any pollen that remains in the frame and is returned to the hive.
Frames go into the centrifuge.
Honey comes out of the centrifuge into a colander to remove any large bits of wax.
Honey is strained before going into gallon jugs,
Here is the honey from the Foulkeways hives. In all they expect to make about 70 gallons today. But because of the drought they will probably not collect honey again.
The first step in "making honey" is removing the wax with a hot knife.
Removing the wax, up close.
The centrifuge. Any pollen that remains in the frame and is returned to the hive.
Frames go into the centrifuge.
Honey comes out of the centrifuge into a colander to remove any large bits of wax.
Honey is strained before going into gallon jugs,
Here is the honey from the Foulkeways hives. In all they expect to make about 70 gallons today. But because of the drought they will probably not collect honey again.
1 comment:
Don't know how I missed this one.... Fascinating to see how it's done.. Thanks for the images...
Helen
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