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HONEYANNO
About Us
At HONEYANNO, we are dedicated to producing the finest quality honey, crafted with care and precision from hive to jar.
Honey Processing
- Foraging: Worker bees, also known as forager bees, leave the hive to collect nectar from flowering plants. They use their long, tube-like tongues to extract the nectar and store it in their special "honey stomachs."
- Transfer to the Hive: Once a bee's honey stomach is full, it returns to the hive and transfers the nectar to other worker bees through a process called trophallaxis. The receiving bee stores the nectar in its own honey stomach and begins the conversion process.
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Conversion of Nectar to Honey
- Enzyme Addition: Inside the hive, worker bees mix the nectar with enzymes in their mouths. One of these enzymes, invertase, breaks down the complex sugars in nectar (sucrose) into simpler sugars (glucose and fructose), which are easier for bees to digest and less likely to crystallize.
- Water Evaporation: The bees then deposit the nectar into the honeycomb cells. To reduce the water content and prevent fermentation, bees fan their wings over the nectar to accelerate the evaporation process. This evaporation thickens the nectar, turning it into honey.
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Storage in Honeycomb Cells
- Sealing with Wax: Once the honey reaches the desired thickness and moisture level (usually around 18% water content), the bees seal the honeycomb cells with a thin layer of beeswax. This capping preserves the honey and prevents it from absorbing moisture from the air.
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Harvesting Honey by Beekeepers
- Removing the Frames: Beekeepers remove the frames of honey-filled combs from the beehive. This process is often done using a smoker, which calms the bees and makes them less likely to sting.
- Uncapping: The wax cappings are removed from the honeycomb cells using a special tool called an uncapping knife or fork.
- Extraction: The uncapped frames are placed into a honey extractor, a centrifuge device that spins the frames to extract honey from the comb using centrifugal force.
- Filtering: The extracted honey is passed through a sieve or filter to remove any remaining beeswax, debris, or impurities.
- Bottling: After filtering, the honey is allowed to settle to remove air bubbles and then bottled for sale.