Technology for Extraction of Bee-bread from the Honeycomb

Abstract Different methods of extraction of perga from a honeycomb are observed. A number of extraction technologies which allow obtaining a high nutritional quality product with preserved vitamins for further production of medicines or alternative foodstuffs which are based on bee-keeping products are studied. A detailed analysis of the technologies and main technical characteristics of various units is given. It is concluded, that the highest productivity is reached by the technologies which are based on convective method and modern non-destructing methods, such as acoustic drying.