Method and apparatus for separating honey from honeycombs

摘要

Honeycombs are supplied to one end of an elongated wax melting tank having a heated bottom with the melted wax and honey mixture flowing from the other end of the melting tank into an upright settling tank having an upper melted wax drain and a lower honey drain and heating elements therein above the level of the mixture. The drained honey is passed into a clarifying unit maintained at a temperature less than a wax melting temperature wherein any wax particles entrained in the drained honey are removed.