An electric decapping knife melts wax cappings prior to extracting the ripe honey in a centrifuge. The wax can be purified and melted for candles or other beeswax products. - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Honey Bees & Beekeeping

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Hive bees on freshly built comb during a major summer honey flow.

Supers full of ripe, capped honey await extraction.

A beautiful frame of ripe, capped honey ready for harvest.

An electric decapping knife melts wax cappings prior to extracting the ripe honey in a centrifuge. The wax can be purified and melted for candles or other beeswax products.

Ripe, decapped honey ready to be spun out in a centrifuge.

A small, hand-cranked centrifuge extractor spins ripe honey from the combs.

Small-scale beekeepers often use a hand-cranked centrifuge to harvest honey. This two-frame extractor is a near-antique built by A.I. Root, one of the oldest bee supply companies in the United States.

An electric decapping knife melts wax cappings prior to extracting the ripe honey in a centrifuge. The wax can be purified and melted for candles or other beeswax products.

Canon EOS 50D |

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Original size: 2910x4116 |

Current: 424x600 |

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