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Kōrero: Beekeeping

Extracting honey

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Extracting honey

Honey-bearing frames (‘ honey supers’) from inside each hive are transported to a factory. There, they are placed in a large centrifuge. When this is spun rapidly, the honey is thrown out and collects at the base, where it is drained and taken away to be filtered.

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Airborne Honey

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Allan Gillingham, Beekeeping – Beekeepers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15768/extracting-honey (accessed 25 June 2026).

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