Some of you were curious about the honey process

breefolk-hates-staff:

william-snekspeare:

Well, I’m here to show you what these wonderful little ladies make, and how us humans collect the extra.

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Some Vocabulary:

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This is a Langstroth beehive. Those boxes in it are called “Supers”. Supers hold 10 frames each. Frames look like this.

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I’m here to teach you about honey extraction from this particular kind of hive, and when you only have like 5 or 6.

The Process:

First, we start with the frame of honey.

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Notice anything? The bees have “capped” this honey with beeswax so it can keep for the winter! (or beekeep heheh)

So what you wanna do is cut those bad boys off with ya Hot Knife.

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(Or you can just scrape them off with a fork. Or poke holes in them. Dealer’s choice, man.)

Next, you put your uncapped frames in the Crazy Spin Cylinder. (The Extractor)

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And YA CRANK IT

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And the honey sp i n s

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Honey GO

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H O N  E  Y

The frames are spun at such a high speed that the honey is pulled right out!

Next, you open the spigot at the bottom, run it through a strainer…

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Pour it in a jar…

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and VOILA!

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Beautiful Bee Nectar that you got yaself! This has been a PSA

This is my favorite episode of How It’s Made.

raven-the-redhead:

courtney-p-22:

claw-animalae:

Peter Parker, a Gen Z kid, screws up: Fuck, guess I’ll kill myself.

Steve Rogers, an artist during the 30’s and a soldier during WWII who knows full well what Dadaism and fatalistic humor are: There’s bleach under the sink–

Bucky Barnes, the guy who listened to Steve’s art rants in the 30’s, watched his back in WWII and went through 70+ years of shit: –And a rope in the supply closet if you want options.

Rest of the Avengers: ?????!!!!!!!?????

Shuri, also a gen z kid: don’t be a coward, jump out the window. Have some style would you

Vision, the human internet who knows what Gen Z humor is: do a flip

monstalove:

Let your inner cryptid shine

•wake up at an ungodly early hour dance in your kitchen enjoy your morning brew and watch the sun rise

•sing to the stars, talk to the trees. learn your way in the in between

•Listen to Florence + the machine on repeat

•keep all your broken jewelry and other shiny , memorable things to a drawer they come in handy when your reserves of hope run dry

•love yourself so much you become just as powerful as the sun , everything will fall into place after that