CHAPTER XVI 
THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED-HONEY 
Before the invention of the honey extractor in 1865, 
honey was removed from the comb either by crushing it and 
draining off the honey or by melting it, allowing the whole 
to cool, leaving the wax on top. By these methods strained 
honey is produced, an article greatly inferior to modern 
extracted-honey. In extracting honey, the cappings of the 
honey cells of the comb are first removed with a hot knife, 
the comb is put into an extractor and is then whirled, the 
honey being removed from the cells by centrifugal force. 
Increase in the production of extracted-honey. 
The demand for extracted-honey is increasing, and it is 
estimated for the United States that, whereas 34.9 per cent 
of the honey produced in 1909 was extracted, in 1914 this had 
increased to 42.1 per cent. This estimate of the increase is 
conservative, and among professional beekeepers the increase 
in this period is doubtless greater. This is partly due to the 
demand for honey from bakers and confectioners, but a po¬ 
tent influence is the increased confidence of the consuming 
public that the extracted-honey on the market is not adul¬ 
terated. For this confidence, the beekeeper is indebted to 
the enforcement of the numerous pure food laws. Bee¬ 
keepers have consistently fought adulteration and have 
welcomed the enforcement of these laws in protecting them 
from the competition of unscrupulous jobbers who were 
formerly guilty of adding inferior syrups to extracted-honey. 
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