Pressed Honey
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Pressed honey is honey obtained by pressing brood-free comb, either without heating or with heating to at most 45 degrees.
Pressed honey is honey obtained by pressing brood-free comb, either without heating or with heating to at most 45 degrees. It is thus one of the eight types of honey that the Honey Regulation (Germany) distinguishes by method of extraction, alongside drip honey, extracted honey, comb honey, chunk honey and baker's honey.
Pressing is used above all where honey cannot be extracted. The classic example is heather honey, which is thixotropic, meaning it only becomes flowable through mechanical movement. Pressing is also the usual method with natural comb built without frames, for example in the Bienenkiste or in top-bar hives.
Because pressing brings more wax particles and pollen into the honey, the Honey Regulation (Germany) allows a higher content of water-insoluble matter for pressed honey, namely 0.5 grams per 100 grams instead of the usual 0.1 grams.
Drip honey is the third, now rare, method of extraction: here the honey is simply left to drip out of the uncapped, brood-free comb.