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What is the use of: (a) Uncapping knife (b) Bee brush (c) Queen introducing cage (d) Feeders (e) Honey Extractor (f) Hive Entrance Guard |
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Answer» (a) Uncapping knife: Uncapping knife is a long knife which helps in removing the cap from the combs as a first step in honey extraction. (b) Bee Brush: Bee brush is a large brush often employed to brush off bees from honey combs particularly at the time of extraction. (c) Queen introducing cage: Queen introducing cage is a pipe made of wire nets used for keeping the queen for about 24 hours for acquaintance with the hive and worker bees. (d) Feeder: Feeder is a basin with sugar syrup covered by grass to feed the bees during drought season. The grass prevents the bees from sinking into the syrup. (e) Honey Extractor: Honey Extractor is a stainless-steel device which spins the combs rapidly to extract honey. (f) Hive Entrance Guard: Hive Entrance Guard is a device similar to queen excluder in front of the hive entrance which prevents the escape of queen during warming season. |
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