A honey extractor is a mechanical device that removes honey from honeycomb by spinning frames of comb inside a drum so centrifugal force flings the honey out while leaving the wax comb largely intact for the bees to reuse. The Austrian born beekeeper Franz Hruschka developed the extractor in the summer of 1865, first presenting the centrifuge idea at the Brno Beekeepers Conference that September; his first working model was a tin box hung by wire with a funnel and a collecting glass, and the first commercial extractor was built by Bollinger of Vienna. By 1868 models of his design were shown at the Exposition des Insectes in Paris, and the invention spread quickly among beekeepers afterward.
Facts
Introduced Year OriginInvented in the summer of 1865 by Franz Hruschka and announced that September at the Brno Beekeeper Conference; the first model was built by Bollinger Manufacturer in Vienna, Austria. 1 Connections
Associated With
the honey extractor spins honey out of combs drawn from a beehive; the two implements belong to the same apiculture task
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1. Honey extractor (Wikipedia)
History section, invention paragraph
The extractor was invented in the summer of 1865, by Franz Hruschka, a former Officer in the Austrian Army who was by then a beekeeper in Italy.
History section, first model paragraph
The first model was built by Bollinger Manufacturer in Vienna, Austria.
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