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anthonyb Posted at 12-12 09:48
The frames are an artificial honeycomb that are surrounded by a couple of wires. When in the closed position there is still a 1mm gap which the bees fill in with wax and then load the chambers with nectar which becomes honey are evaporation. The key when inserted all the way just lifts one half of each cell/chamber by about 2mm. This breaks the wax seal and the honey flows out from each cell.
Very very clever. Invented by an Australia father and son. Was one of the biggest crowd sourcing projects of all time.
Oh, darn, now you have me interested in bee keeping! (g) I looked it up - fascinating. |
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