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Kōrero: Beekeeping

Wax comb preparation

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Wax comb preparation

Here, a sheet of beeswax is being imprinted with a honeycomb pattern, before being cut into smaller sheets as a base for beehive trays. The wax is made from cappings of honey-filled cells, which have been melted, filtered and pressed into rolls of wax sheeting.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Beeswax

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Allan Gillingham, Beekeeping – Managing the beehive, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15750/wax-comb-preparation (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.