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Float the wax method
1. Golden yellow combs are removed and crushed and placed
into the saucepan.
2. Another bigger saucepan is halfway filled with water and
water is boiled.
3. The saucepan with honey combs is placed on top of the boil-
ing water.
4. The wax and honey melts, the wax floats
on top of honey.
5. Honey is then placed in clean containers
for storage.
Pressing Honey method
1. The combs are broken into small pieces
2. The broken honey combs are placed on
the cloth tied.
3. Allow honey to drip into a clean contain-
er
Centrifuging method
1. A centrifugal honey extractor is used to remove honey from
honey combs.
2. The wax that seals the combs is removed before they
are put in the machine.
3. The machine then turns the combs round at a
high speed.
4. The force that turns the combs around forces
honey to come out.
5. The honey then settles at the bottom of the
machine.
6. The honey is then boiled and stored in clean
containers.
