Uncapping Fork

Stainless steel tine,plastic handl.  it is a tool that was originally used to remove cappings prior to extracting. It can be used to scratch cappings on a frame in a hive where the beekeeper wishes to have the bees remove the honey and store it further up the nest.

But another common use, for the type of uncapping fork with bent prongs, has developed since the advent of varroa... Use one prong to uncap odd cells to establish the age of the larvae. When you find a group of drone cells that are at the pink eye stage... Insert the whole fork from the side so that the prongs will go through the thoraxes (thoraces?) of the grubs... Lever out an area roughly 65 mm