THE BEE PHOTOGRAPHER

MIEL001

Shallow frames
let the tantalizing colors
of honey gleam
in the light as they are
uncovered by
an uncapping knife.

MIEL002

Shallow frames
let the tantalizing colors
of honey gleam
in the light as they are
uncovered by
an uncapping knife.

MIEL003

Shallow frames
let the tantalizing colors
of honey gleam
in the light as they are
uncovered by
an uncapping knife.

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Small honey producers
still use the
uncapping knife
to prepare the frames
before putting them
in an extractor.

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Shallow frames let the tantalizing colors of honey gleam in the light as they are uncovered by an uncapping knife.

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Shallow frames let the tantalizing colors of honey gleam in the light as they are uncovered by an uncapping knife.

MIEL007

Bees loot the comb during a harvest of heather honey.

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Work in the honey house is very methodical: The shallow frames of a harvest pass one by one through an uncapping machine. Into the vat fall the cap and a tiny amount of honey, which will later be recovered. The frame is inspected by hand to ensure that it has been completely uncapped, and then the frames are placed in a rotary extractor, where honey is extracted from the cells by centrifugal force. It is then filtered to remove the wax particles. Afterwards, it is aged for several days at a constant temperature to let the air and last wax residue rise to the surface, then is poured into pots or jars.

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Work in the honey house is very methodical: The shallow frames of a harvest pass one by one through an uncapping machine. Into the vat fall the cap and a tiny amount of honey, which will later be recovered. The frame is inspected by hand to ensure that it has been completely uncapped, and then the frames are placed in a rotary extractor, where honey is extracted from the cells by centrifugal force. It is then filtered to remove the wax particles. Afterwards, it is aged for several days at a constant temperature to let the air and last wax residue rise to the surface, then is poured into pots or jars.

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Work in the honey house is very methodical: The shallow frames of a harvest pass one by one through an uncapping machine. Into the vat fall the cap and a tiny amount of honey, which will later be recovered. The frame is inspected by hand to ensure that it has been completely uncapped, and then the frames are placed in a rotary extractor, where honey is extracted from the cells by centrifugal force. It is then filtered to remove the wax particles. Afterwards, it is aged for several days at a constant temperature to let the air and last wax residue rise to the surface, then is poured into pots or jars.

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Work in the honey house is very methodical: The shallow frames of a harvest pass one by one through an uncapping machine. Into the vat fall the cap and a tiny amount of honey, which will later be recovered. The frame is inspected by hand to ensure that it has been completely uncapped, and then the frames are placed in a rotary extractor, where honey is extracted from the cells by centrifugal force. It is then filtered to remove the wax particles. Afterwards, it is aged for several days at a constant temperature to let the air and last wax residue rise to the surface, then is poured into pots or jars.

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A cascade of liquid honey immediately after extraction.
Some fine particles of wax still appear on the surface, and will soon be removed by filtration.

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Honey potting.

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A wax cell filled with honey.

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The various hues of honey shine in test tubes.
The color will indicate its origin: colza, acacia, sunflower, thyme, linden, pine, buckwheat, heath, chestnut and strawberry tree.

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In Saint-Faust, near Pau:
the ambience created
by an old wooden apiary
recovered from a
religious institution,
a smoker, a frame,
and old-fashioned
honey pots.