unique flav...FIGURE 15-6: A refractometer is used to measure the water content of honey. 15 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: This hand-crank, stainless-steel extractor extracts up to six shal...FIGURE 16-2: An electrically heated uncapping knife makes short order of slicin...FIGURE 16-3: A double stainless-steel honey strainer (like this one) is an effe...FIGURE 16-4: A double uncapping tank helps you harvest wax cappings. It reclaim...FIGURE 16-5: An uncapping fork or roller is a useful tool for opening cappings ...FIGURE 16-6: The honey gate valve at the bottom of this five-gallon bucket make...FIGURE 16-7: You can use a solar wax melter to begin the rendering process. Ver...FIGURE 16-8: Here’s the setup, left to right, in my garage for extracting honey...FIGURE 16-9: Here’s my honey label — simple and to the point. FIGURE 16-10: These are the standard layouts and nutritional information that c...
16 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: On the top is a frame of comb from a Langstroth hive. On the botto...FIGURE 17-2: Shaking bees off a Langstroth frame. FIGURE 17-3: This triangular bee escape enables bees to easily travel down into...FIGURE 17-4: A safe and fast way to get bees out of honey supers is to use a fu...FIGURE 17-5: If you have a friend to help, a hive carrier like this makes carry...FIGURE 17-6: Remove wax cappings using an electric uncapping knife. The uncappi...FIGURE 17-7: Place the uncapped frame vertically in the extractor. FIGURE 17-8: This box makes it easy to protect and transport comb from a Top Ba...FIGURE 17-9: This is one style of honey press that is used for extracting honey...
17 Chapter 18FIGURE 18-1: A weak colony can be combined with a strong colony by using the ne...FIGURE 18-2: A follower board stops bees from entering unused space. FIGURE 18-3: These blueprints serve as a guide for building your own elevated h...FIGURE 18-4: Here’s a typical kit for brewing mead (honey wine). FIGURE 18-5: A propolis trap can be placed where the inner cover usually goes. ...FIGURE 18-6: Here’s a sample of the wonderful products you can make from beeswa...
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