Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Dec 30, 2017 20:16:47 GMT 1
Pressing the honey is more work, but takes less time.
Scrape open the combs, break them into pieces and tie them up in a clean cloth (cheese cloth, sheet pillow case). Knead the combs in the cloth press the honey through the cloth. You can wring out the cloth (you need two people for this, or one person and a fixed point), but it is faster to work with wooden press. There are various press constructions.
Pour the honey through the clean cloth or sieve into a pot or maturing vessel and leave it to stand for few days. Any remaining wax particles and pollen grains will float to the top skim these off.
Then pour the honey into a storage jar (airtight). If you want to be able to fill small pots and jars easily, use a container with a tap.
Centrifuging the honey
The advantage of centrifuging is that you can extract the honey very quickly and that you can use the combs again.
Requirements
Centrifugal honey extractor
Uncapping knives or forks
One or two basins, 15cm deep made of aluminum, tin, galvanized iron or plastic, in which a few uncapped frames can stand.
An uncapping tray
A honey strainer or nylon stocking
Cheese cloth and a vessel
Process
Uncap the combs before centrifuging the frames. It a knife (pre-heated if necessary) cut away the cell caps in one movement. It is best to uncap over an uncapping tray with a wooden bar on which the frame rests.
You can leave the wax caps to drain. If you later melt the wax caps you will obtain first grade wax.
The centrifugal honey extractor consists of a cylindrical kettle in which a cage turns on an axle. The cage is made of a frame covered with strong wire. A modern centrifugal honey extractor can extract 2,3,4,6 or 8 frames at the same time.
The cage in which the frame are placed is turned by means of a handle with gears. The honey is thrown out of the cells against the inside walls of the kettle.
There is a tap at the bottom of the kettle. Beneath this tap place the honey sieve or the nylon stocking through which the honey runs into a bucket or straight into the vessel.
Turn in the direction of the bottom bar (as the cells face the top bar). First turn the handle slowly then position the frames in reverse and turn the handle until the cells on this side on the combs are completely empty. The empty combs are put into a super and given back to the colony so that they can lick the cells clean.
Leave the honey in the maturing vessel for a few days so that air bubbles and wax particles can float to the top. Skim these off and pour the honey into air tight pots or container.
Store the honey in glass jars or plastic buckets with well-sealing lids or in metal containers which have been coated on the inside with a layer of liquid paraffin or plastic, or which have been treated with acid-resistant varnish.
Scrape open the combs, break them into pieces and tie them up in a clean cloth (cheese cloth, sheet pillow case). Knead the combs in the cloth press the honey through the cloth. You can wring out the cloth (you need two people for this, or one person and a fixed point), but it is faster to work with wooden press. There are various press constructions.
Pour the honey through the clean cloth or sieve into a pot or maturing vessel and leave it to stand for few days. Any remaining wax particles and pollen grains will float to the top skim these off.
Then pour the honey into a storage jar (airtight). If you want to be able to fill small pots and jars easily, use a container with a tap.
Centrifuging the honey
The advantage of centrifuging is that you can extract the honey very quickly and that you can use the combs again.
Requirements
Centrifugal honey extractor
Uncapping knives or forks
One or two basins, 15cm deep made of aluminum, tin, galvanized iron or plastic, in which a few uncapped frames can stand.
An uncapping tray
A honey strainer or nylon stocking
Cheese cloth and a vessel
Process
Uncap the combs before centrifuging the frames. It a knife (pre-heated if necessary) cut away the cell caps in one movement. It is best to uncap over an uncapping tray with a wooden bar on which the frame rests.
You can leave the wax caps to drain. If you later melt the wax caps you will obtain first grade wax.
The centrifugal honey extractor consists of a cylindrical kettle in which a cage turns on an axle. The cage is made of a frame covered with strong wire. A modern centrifugal honey extractor can extract 2,3,4,6 or 8 frames at the same time.
The cage in which the frame are placed is turned by means of a handle with gears. The honey is thrown out of the cells against the inside walls of the kettle.
There is a tap at the bottom of the kettle. Beneath this tap place the honey sieve or the nylon stocking through which the honey runs into a bucket or straight into the vessel.
Turn in the direction of the bottom bar (as the cells face the top bar). First turn the handle slowly then position the frames in reverse and turn the handle until the cells on this side on the combs are completely empty. The empty combs are put into a super and given back to the colony so that they can lick the cells clean.
Leave the honey in the maturing vessel for a few days so that air bubbles and wax particles can float to the top. Skim these off and pour the honey into air tight pots or container.
Store the honey in glass jars or plastic buckets with well-sealing lids or in metal containers which have been coated on the inside with a layer of liquid paraffin or plastic, or which have been treated with acid-resistant varnish.
