Extracting Propolis from a hive
Normally, to harvest propolis, we use a propolis mat. The dribbles of the previous post are just a bonus.
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| A full propolis mat |
Our bees make a lot of high quality propolis, and we think it is because we linseed oil our boxes and the bees just love that. It seems to keep our bees healthy too. A double win.
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| Another full propolis mat |
This propolis goes off to someone else to make high quality health products.
And check out this great video of scraping down a propolis mat - no, its not our beeboys, they have a kiwi twang, and we just send them off and don't do it ourselves. The mats, we send the mats off for a scrape down, not the beeboys.......
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