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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1144, 15 April 1870, Page 2

Honey. — The productionof honey seems likely to assume a not unimportant place in our minor Australian industries. We observe that in Queensland, where considerable attention is given to the subject, a novel and ready means for extracting honey from the comb is coming into use. The centrifugal machine has been employed for that purpose, and with considerable success. The caps of the combs being removed by a sharp knife, they are placed in the machine, and in one minute every particle of honey is extracted. The combs are then turned, and the honeycells on the other side treated in the same way. By this means of extracting honey, larv_B, which are frequently troublesome in the usual process of extraction, remain in the comb, which is left almost entire, and when it is replaced in the hives the bees readily avail themselves of it for further use. The idea comes from G-ormauy, where some bee-keepers send three aud four tons to market each season.