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- uncapping
Sealed honey has to be uncapped. This photo shows uncapping using an electrically heated knive. This is ok if you have less than 40 hives. Your hands will become very sore after a few hours. - extraction
extraction - glisteninghoney
Glistening honey in the cells -- almost harvest time! Bees remove water and chemically convert sucrose into simple sugars (fructose and glucose) to make honey. When the honey is 'ripe' (water content is