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Why does honey cost less than the honeycomb from which it's made?
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∙ 13y ago
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.
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What matrial is made from bee honeycomb?
pollen not honey
Do you get edible wax?
Yes you can you can purchase jars of honey that has parts of the honeycomb placed in the jar along with the honey and of course the honeycomb is made from bees wax
Is the honeycomb a compound word?
Yes, the noun 'honeycomb' is a compound word, made up of the noun 'honey' and the noun 'comb' to form a word with a meaning of its own. Note: The word 'honey' also functions as a verb but the noun 'honeycomb' is a word for a 'comb' filled with 'honey', a noun.
Do bees make honey out of their mouths?
No. Honey is made in a honeycomb, out of pollen that bees bring back to the hive on their legs.
How do you make artificial honey comb?
Artificial honeycomb can be made using cellulose or paper. The cellulose should be inserted into a honeycomb shaped mold and set to dry.
Is there sugar in honeycombs?
The honeycomb itself is made of pure beeswax, and does not contain any sugar. Honey within the honeycomb contains a mixture of sugars, mainly glucose and fructose.
How is honey obtained from bees?
After the bees have made the honey, they store it in honeycombs; small cells sealed with wax. If these honeycombs are made a certain way, they can be remover and replaced easily. A beekeeper takes out the honeycomb, cuts the wax off, and lets the honey flow out into a collection container (then replaces the used honeycomb). The honey is then taken away and processed into what we see in the jars at the supermarket.
Is honeycomb a common noun?
Yes, the noun 'honeycomb' is a common noun, a general word for a structure of hexagons made of wax by bees to store honey or develop young bees; a general word for a structure resembling these hexagons; a word for any honeycomb of any kind.The word 'honeycomb' is also a verb: honeycomb, honeycombs, honeycombing, honeycombed.
What do bees use to make their combs?
Honey combs are made of wax; both the honey and the wax are ultimately made from the nectar and the pollen that bees collect from flowers.
How honey is made?
Honey is the sweet syrupy liquid produced by bees to eat when other food is scarce or the weather is too cold. The bees drink nectar from flowers and it gets ingested into what is called the "honey stomach", where the nectar is regurgitated and re-ingested many times, much like a cow chews cud. The bees then expel the digested nectar into honeycomb, then partially dehydrate it by flapping their wings over its surface. After awhile, a beekeeper will cut open the honeycomb and honey is then extracted from the comb.
What material do bees make their honeycomb out of?
They make their comb out of beeswax, which is produced from wax glands on the underside of the abdomens of young worker bees.
The honey comb built by bees is made of what substance?
beeswax, it is formed under the belly of a bee and when they are 12-15 days old the beeswax is used to form the honeycomb
