Honeycomb Capping Scratcher

Beekeepers use a honeycomb scratcher to cap off a thin layer of beeswax that bees make to seal honey in individual cells. The capping allows the honey to ripen and prevents honey from drying out. Do not harvest unripened honey as it will be watery and ferment. Shake the frame before extraction, if there is a shower of nectar, the honey is too wet to extract and is not ready for harvest. Uncapping the comb cells expose and release the honey that can then flow out of the honeycomb. 
The honeycomb cell cappings are collected, additional honey is allowed to drip out from them and they are cleaned to be a portion of beeswax harvest.

An uncapping scratcher fork is gentler on the honeycomb. The capping fork lightly pulls off the caps minimizing damage to the honeycomb structure so that honey bees can make minor repairs to the comb and immediately begin using the frame again. Uncapping scratching forks are also used to open the hard to reach low areas of a honey comb frame.

• Beekeeping hand tool to open honeycomb cells to let the honey out.
• 20 sharp needles molded into high strength plastic.
• Colors may vary.
• Made in the U.S.A.