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uncapping
Sealed honey has to be uncapped. This photo shows uncapping using an electrically heated knive. This is ok if you have less than 40 hives. Your hands will become very sore after a few hours. Sealed...
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glisteninghoney
Glistening honey in the cells -- almost harvest time! Bees remove water and chemically convert sucrose into simple sugars (fructose and glucose) to make honey. When the honey is 'ripe' (water content...
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I developed a strong reaction, perhaps because I ate one piece of comb which probably contained ragweed pollen. My foot started to itch on the way to the icecream store (someone suggested, well,...
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About 20,000 bees inside the box. Ironically, these bees did not survive the winter, even after I 'pooled' them with another colony. Lesson: you are not getting much (unless there are lots of honey!)...
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An electrically heated knife is used to remove the honey cappings here. Bees cap honey when the honey is "mature" (moisture < 18%). The cappings must be removed before honey can be spun out by...
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solarwaxmelter
A solar wax melter to melt old wax from old combs. A solar wax melter to melt old wax from old combs.
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A electrically powered, radial extractor. Frames are putinto the extractor radially and honey flies out from both sides of the frame. A electrically powered, radial extractor. Frames are putinto the...
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Pre-cut wood pieces for a hivebody. These must be assembled by the user, painted, and then used over a colony. They can either be used as a "broodbox" (for brood rearing), or for "honey super" (for...
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Erick Forster, then (June 2000) an undergraduate student working on a honey bee research project, ssembling a hivebody. Erick Forster, then (June 2000) an undergraduate student working on a honey bee...
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Water feeder near the hive entrance. This is a good idea if you have neighbors who have swimming pools! Beijing, China. August 19, 2000. Water feeder near the hive entrance. This is a good idea if you...
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dronebank_inhive
A drone-bank inside a hive. This allows one to catch many drones of the same age, reducing the time to collect semen, which is the bottle neck for queen artificial insemination. A drone-bank inside a...
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