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Yes, including lids.

Rawlins were there taking jar orders and I think the cost was lower than the current BFA offer. £40 per box of round 282ml jars (=340g honey) delivered FOC, no minimum order quantity.

Techtron were at the Telford Beekeeping Show, exhibiting mainly extraction equipment. Looked similar to Carl Fritz in design. Never heard of them before. Based near Great Yarmouth, Nice glossy brochure. Any info on who, pedigree, quality etc

I think this is related to this post Honey fraud I think for honey this has been agreed for the EU. As others have noted above if the UK is now seen as having looser regulations..................... Main elements of the provisional agreement Honey The provisionally agreed text maintains the...

I think the lighter ones are more likely to weather due to frost and damp when in direct contact with the soil. At least that's what my local builders merchants have insinuated when I've bought some. Pilates type exercises if 18kg is a deal breaker, a full super is not that much less.

Could you use smaller jars to shorten the time between jarring up clear honey (or warming it to get it liquid again) and finishing each jar.

And a US version which AFAIK predates the UK ones.

I have a Lyson heated 50l creamer, it's way more substantial than an extractor. Stirring set honey needs a lot of force and also generates some strong twisting forces. I don't think an extractor would withstand these.

See post 63 in this thread for a possible wooden option

Thanks both, will try using my warming cabinet to pre-warm the moulds and then slowly cool the poured candles.

Making a few candles using silicone moulds, I often get the cavities shown below as the wax solidifies. The wax was at 70-71°C when poured, room and mould temperature was 18°C. Any tips please on how to correct? I have been pouring some more wax in once they have cooled but would prefer to get...

Additionally the 2022 yield was low due to summer heat/drought.

The bulk honey seller is AFAIK a (very) large beefarmer. The hive seller I'm not aware of but cites poor crop and current climate (bulk honey market presumably) as reasons for selling up.

Interesting couple of classified ads on the BFA members website at the moment. Bulk honey (barrel and bucket) for sale with an asking price of well under £3 per lb and a separate 400 hive enterprise selling up.

Mass ounce measurements are the same though? I thought it was just fluid ounces that differed.

The late Peter Little (aka Hivemaker on here) was the only poster who mentioned honey dryers with any experience AFAIK. IIRC he (although possibly one of his sons) made one in his workshop. Sorry not much help.

Don't remember that one

For me it's mainly a question of melter capacity and time. I melted down 30-40lbs of cappings wax yesterday in my steam melter in a couple of hours. If I was using a solar melter i'd have to stock up and empty the melter several times, deal with wasps/bees lured to the smell, pray/sacrifice a 🐐...

As well as Eric's post above, some of the other Logar melters have instructional videos on the logar website

Have you tried a Google lens image search? I've had a quick try using your images - on my phone it comes up as an option when I touch the image. No success but if you're able to try additional angles you might get lucky. My Dadant smoker is Poly friendly, the metal cage extends to keep the base...