Spinning out the honey-Fall 2016

The Lab Bees have had a great summer and have filled many frames with honey comb that is chock full of the pale honey they produce. The bees fill the individual cells of the honeycomb and then put a wax cap on the top to keep them from dripping out.

Dr. Calleri removed two layers of the hive recently and is now in the process of extracting the honey from the comb.

First he has to remove the wax caps.

Then he places the frames in a large spinner to use centrifugal force to pull the honey out of the comb.

Here are some links to a few videos that will let you all see how the process works.

Using the heated knife

Spinning!

Empty Frame

Honey from the tap! Yum!