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Cal Poly Beekeeping
Step1: The Uncapping Process (Above) The honey and honey comb are separated from each other.
Step 2: Uncapping Continued The above photo shows how most of the honey is squashed through the honey comb. After most of the honey has been squeezed out of the uncapping machine, the remaining honey will be put in a centifugal machine where it will be spun and separated from the remaining honey comb.
Step 3: Separation This is a picture of brood framers being separated from the rest of the frames. Broods are baby honeybees still in the cell, and they need to be fed by young worker bees.
Step 4: Extraction The machine in the photo above is called an extractor. It extracts and separates the honeycomb from the honey frames.
Step 5: Teamwork Beekeepers work in teams to take apart the individual hives and separate the honey frames from the pollen and brood frames.
Cal Poly students also make bees wax candles. These beekeepers are out of their suits and are putting together bees wax candles. The wax is melted and then sahped with a thin sculpting tool.
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