An electric hot knife is a useful but dangerous tool for children to use.
When teaching children to use it, go
over the safety rules first. They can use a
cheese plane instead to do the job.

In this photo the adult is guiding the
child's hand for her first try using a
hot knife.

After the wax cappings are cut off, the
frame will be placed in the extractor
seen in the lower right corner.

 

 

 

 

Blaine is using a cappings scratcher to
take wax off spots he missed with the hot knife.
He will save the cappings and let the excess honey drain off them. Later he can melt them to use the wax for candles or hand lotion bars. The lotion
bars are a mixture of beeswax and olive oil.

Harvesting the Honey,
a Beekeeper's Reward For a Good Job