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What instrument can be used to measure quantity of honey extracted?
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You can use a scale to measure how many pounds of honey you extracted.
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What is a spinner of honey?
It is called an extractor. It spins and the honey is extracted from the honey comb.
How is honey extracted from the honey comb?
First the wax sealing the cells is scraped off, Then the comb might be heated to make the honey more liquid. Then either gravity, or a centrifuge, is used to extract the honey.
When someone feeds honey bees sugar water for two months then extracts it what makes the honey taste bitter?
It sounds as if the honey has been extracted before it is 'ripe' and has fermented.
What two types of honey do honeybees produce?
There is only honey. The taste will vary according to the plants that the bee has been foraging on. After the beekeeper has extracted the honey, he may choose to produce runny honey, set honey, comb honey etc., but that is done by the beekeeper, not the bees.
What is pasturage and how is it related to honey production?
Pasturage is the availability of flowers to the bees for nectar and pollen collection. Pasturage is related to honey production because it determines the taste of honey and the quantity of honey
Pasturage and it related to honey production?
Pasturage is the availability of flowers to the bees for nectar and pollen collection. Pasturage is related to honey production because it determines the taste of honey and the quantity of honey.
Do any bees make honey other than honey bees?
Most bees make honey to feed themselves but only honey bees produce enough honey for a beekeeper to remove some of it in any great quantity.
What is white honey?
White honey is an organic raw honey from Hawaii. The process of gathering this honey is very labor intensive. The honey is extracted from kiawe trees (a flowering tree) on the big island. The honey has a pearl like color and a buttery taste and texture. The white honey market was started by Richard Spiegel, a lawyer that started a new career as a beekeeper in Hawaii.
Why does honey cost less than the honeycomb from which it's made?
Honey is not made from honeycomb, it is extracted from honeycomb. Each cell of the comb contains honey and it is extracted by spinning it out using centrifugal force. Afterwards, the empty comb can be re-used in the hive and filled up again by the bees. Honeycomb is more expensive because it is cut from the honeycomb frame and so cannot be re-used.
What bees do not make honey?
Honey bees make honey. They live in colonies and store the honey to feed the larvae. Most solitary bees, such as bumble bees, make only a little of a honey-like substance which they eat themselves.
How is honey transported?
A honey bee has two stomachs. The nectar they extract, half of it goes to their stomach for energy while the rest goes into the other stomach where it is processed into honey, which they transport back to the hive. Companies that transport honey extract this honey from the hive , store it in jars and sell.
Does honey ever become unsafe to eat?
No. Honey properly extracted and bottled will theoretically last for ever. Jars of honey bought in a supermarket will have a 'sell by' date, but this is just to abide by the law. It will not become unsafe to eat as long as it has been kept in hygienic conditions.
