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Title: HONEY

Reference number: 10927

Date: 1953*

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 16.35 mins

Description: Educational film describing the processes involved in preparing honey for sale.

Credits: Produced by the Edinburgh School of Agriculture

Shotlist: C/u hands cutting circle from marked board on bandsaw [upside down & in reverse]. Leader [marked "HONEY PICTURE"]. 15 ft HONEY. ocs. Honey harvest C/u man holding washing up liquid bottle next to another labelled "BENZALDEHYDE"; uses bottle to dispense benzaldehyde onto cotton sheet laid over open hive, removes top frames of honey. section honey ms man demonstrates removing small frames, packaging same in cellophane chunk heather honey gvs man cuts comb from shallow frame, uses wire to cut into chunks; wraps in cellophane, c/u same w' labels "Scotch Heather Honey" pressed heather honey man scrapes wax & honey onto muslin in pail, ties up muslin and places in a press frame over a hopper. Another method, small press over a tank, used on a table top, c/u honey running out into collectors. C/u bottling honey; c/u jars, finished products. storing honey in tins c/u filling tin, lidding and placing next to a dozen others in time all honeys granulate c/u same; man lifts out full frame uncapping flower honey with an electric knife c/u same ......with a cold knife c/u same a small extractor mc/u man places frames in hand cranked extractor a power extractor gvs same, filling tins with honey the wax rises to the surface overnight c/u skimming wax and lidding can heating gently eases filtration c/u tins are places in waterbath; muslin tied over mouth and inverted over second tin; cover is filled with warm water after settling overnight c/u same; gvs bottling, c/u East of Scotland College of Agriculture Apiary labelled honey "seeding" for creamed honey gvs same, add quantity of creamed honey to normal tin wax refining gvs same; wax removed from pressed muslin & rendered; c/u block of pure beeswax