In the past, crushing honey comb using a hand scrapper on the kitchen counter top required lots of sticky clean-up. Backwards Beekeepers inspired me to change the crush portion of my honey harvesting process. I purchased a 2 inch plastic knife ($.98), a 5 gallon bucket ($3.98) and lid ($.98). The plastic knife was attached to 1/2 inch CPVC pipe using stainless steel machine screws and stainless steel nylon lock nuts. A plug added to the end of the CPVC pipe prevents the honey from entering the CPVC pipe. I am not concerned with puncturing the bucket as the knife moves very slowly through the viscous honey comb mash. This 8-frame medium super contains 30lb of honey comb or 24lb of honey (43 8oz bottles).
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
crush and strain
In the past, crushing honey comb using a hand scrapper on the kitchen counter top required lots of sticky clean-up. Backwards Beekeepers inspired me to change the crush portion of my honey harvesting process. I purchased a 2 inch plastic knife ($.98), a 5 gallon bucket ($3.98) and lid ($.98). The plastic knife was attached to 1/2 inch CPVC pipe using stainless steel machine screws and stainless steel nylon lock nuts. A plug added to the end of the CPVC pipe prevents the honey from entering the CPVC pipe. I am not concerned with puncturing the bucket as the knife moves very slowly through the viscous honey comb mash. This 8-frame medium super contains 30lb of honey comb or 24lb of honey (43 8oz bottles).
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