How To Make Comb Honey Frames

You can let the container determine the size of the pieces or use a variety of containers that suit the shape of the comb.

How to make comb honey frames. 9 x 4 36 cuts plus the trimmings that my crew devours. Cut comb honey is produced by cutting the honeycomb free from its frame or top bar and then subdividing the comb into smaller pieces. We lay the frame of honeycomb on a cutting board and use a comb cutter to score the beeswax cappings to the correct size to fit in the cut comb boxes as shown in the picture here. These pieces generally square or rectangular are packaged for sale or for gifts in some type of container such as styrofoam trays or clear plastic clam shells.

We then use a. Because honey bees build as they see fit the artistry of the comb should be visible. One method that works fairly well is to add a queen excluder and two drawn honey supers at the start of the dandelion blossom. So if the girls built and capped all nine frames and my kelley comb cutter is sharp and clean i will get 4 cuts per frame.

I get 8 a cut at the market which makes 288 from a super of comb honey with no extraction costs. For this reason we want our bees to make some new frames of comb occasionally. Once the main honey flow starts colonies that are starting to fill supers well are selected for comb honey production. Cut comb is the easiest to produce.

Producing fresh honeycomb can be a viable part of honey. You simply cut the comb from a frame drain it and place the pieces in a container. Max b91 2 654 views. Another reason for bees to make comb is for the honey harvest.

Many beekeepers give an established colony 2 new frames each year and rotate out the oldest frames of comb. Most beekeepers will almost automatically think of using a top bar hive or a warre hive where instead of using frames with wax or plastic foundation as you do in a standard langstroth hive you only use a piece of wood that is usually cut with a wedge shape as a comb guide for the bees to completely draw out natural comb. Remove a partially filled extracting super leaving one on as a buffer.