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- solarwaxmelter
A solar wax melter to melt old wax from old combs. - DSCN3800
An electrically heated knife is used to remove the honey cappings here. Bees cap honey when the honey is "mature" (moisture < 18%). The cappings must be removed before honey can be spun out by centrifugal force. - honey_house
honey-house - DSCN3802
A electrically powered, radial extractor. Frames are putinto the extractor radially and honey flies out from both sides of the frame. - P8190048
Water feeder near the hive entrance. This is a good idea if you have neighbors who have swimming pools! Beijing, China. August 19, 2000. - jentor_frame
jentor-frame - P6130081
Pre-cut wood pieces for a hivebody. These must be assembled by the user, painted, and then used over a colony. They can either be used as a "broodbox" (for brood rearing), or for "honey super" (for storing honey that is to be harvested). - jentor_sys
jentor-sys - P6130080
Erick Forster, then (June 2000) an undergraduate student working on a honey bee research project, ssembling a hivebody. - queenbank6
queenbank6 - john_inspect
john-inspect - queenbank3
queenbank3 - queenbank7
queenbank7 - queenbank4
queenbank4 - dronesemen
dronesemen