DESCRIPTION

This appropriate honey extractor not only avoids indiscriminate loss of bee-wealth as compared to the traditional technology wherein young bees and pollen are crushed en-masse to death and the honey-comb destroyed, but it also costs one-eighth of the market price of prevalent honey extractors. 

MATERIALS

Wooden box, triangular pot of sheet-metal, wooden block, metal plate and an iron strip (for attaching the extraction pot to the axle). 

WORKING

The honey extractor comprises a triangular pot attached to the wooden axle. To begin with, unseal the thin wax coat on the honey cells with the help of a hot knife and place the honey comb in the extraction pot. Now, rotate the extraction pot clockwise smoothly with your hands. The pot revolves swiftly since it is attached to the wooden axle, whose pointed top and bottom ends pivot on wooden blocks. This propulsion generates the centrifugal force which throws the honey out of the comb and into the extraction pot. 

Now, transfer the comb to the other side which is yet to be extracted, and repeat the process. The entire extraction process takes only 2-3 minutes.  

SOURCE

Shri Amratrao Ghadge, In-Charge Rock Bee Project, Centre Of Science For Villages, Wardha - 442 001, Maharashtra