Making honey from a comb involves extracting the honey that bees have stored. The process includes uncapping the comb and then using a honey extractor to spin the honey out. Here's a breakdown of the steps, based on the provided reference from Instructables:
Honey Extraction Process
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uncapping the Honeycomb: Use a hot knife to slowly uncap the honeycomb. |
| 2 | Placing Frames in Extractor: Put the frames into the honey extractor. |
| 3 | Initial Spin: Spin the frames in the extractor. |
| 4 | Spinning: Turn on the extractor to spin the honey out. |
| 5 | Frame Condition: The frames should come out clean and ready to be reused by the bees. |
| 6 | Repeat: Repeat the process until all frames have been extracted. |
Detailed Steps
- Uncapping: You need to remove the wax caps that the bees have placed over the honey cells. A hot knife is used for this, carefully slicing off the caps to expose the honey.
- Loading the Extractor: Place the uncapped frames into a honey extractor. This machine uses centrifugal force to spin the honey out of the comb.
- Spinning:
- Turn on the extractor. The reference mentions a step of "After 5 Minutes Off Off", this might indicate a pause or a check during the spinning process, but the core action is the spinning of the frames.
- The extractor's spinning action forces the honey out of the cells without damaging the comb.
- Extraction Completion: Once properly spun, the frames should be virtually clean of honey.
- Reusing Frames: The extracted frames can be returned to the hive for the bees to refill.
- Repeating the process: Until all the frames have been extracted.
