Honeycomb Uncapping Serrated Knife

Beekeepers use a honeycomb uncapping knife to slice off a thin layer cap of beeswax that bees make to seal honey in individual cells. The capping allows honey to ripen and prevents the honey from drying out after ripening. 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 ripened 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.

Knives make honeycomb uncapping for honey extraction faster and cleaner. You may use cold serrated knives to cap off combs or knives can be warmed in hot water to help slice through the beeswax capping more easily. Having two knives on hand to keep one in the hot water while using the other is highly effective. When one cools down switch knives to continuously uncap the cells.

• Cold honeycomb uncapping tool.
• Double sided serrated uncapping knife to uncap honeycombs quickly and effectively.
• Wood handle for comfort.
• Made in Portugal.