After extracting the pure honey by lightly pressing it out, I was left with five wrung-out honeycombs that still had honey in it. I learned much later that beekeepers use a centrifuge to separate the honey. I suppose the centrifugal forces that press against the spongy honeycombs further squeeze out the honey and filter it.
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Extracting Pure Honey from the Honeycombs
Discovering not one, but five honeycombs inside what I thought was an empty upside-down garden pot was both thrilling and astonishing. Who would've thought that in this quiet little corner of my backyard garden, a colony of honeybees was thriving?
Immediately, several jars of sweet luscious honey cropped up in my mind. Even if we don't normally eat or cook with honey, I was still excited to get my hands on real pure honey.
Here's one of the honeycombs and you'll clearly see the familiar hexagonal shape of the cells. You'll also see some dead bees on the surface.
Immediately, several jars of sweet luscious honey cropped up in my mind. Even if we don't normally eat or cook with honey, I was still excited to get my hands on real pure honey.
Here's one of the honeycombs and you'll clearly see the familiar hexagonal shape of the cells. You'll also see some dead bees on the surface.
Honey from Bees in a Flower-Rich Garden
A sure sign that your flower garden is truly abloom is when you see nature's popular pollinators - butterflies and bees - busying themselves, fluttering and flying from one flower to another in a feeding frenzy. Such is the case in the garden at our backyard.
For several weeks already, bees have been grazing my ear whenever I visited a little corner in my backyard. This corner, as shown in the photo below serves as a tiny nursery of sorts. Here I grow seedlings of different plants, both ornamental and vegetable. This area gets filtered light and is well-protected from the harsh afternoon sun.
For several weeks already, bees have been grazing my ear whenever I visited a little corner in my backyard. This corner, as shown in the photo below serves as a tiny nursery of sorts. Here I grow seedlings of different plants, both ornamental and vegetable. This area gets filtered light and is well-protected from the harsh afternoon sun.
