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David1976

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For a small scale beekeeper like myself (6 hives) would one of these honey looseners suffice for the removal of heather honey?

If so, would I use the loosener and spin the frames, would I then need to press the resulting spun mixture or should I be looking at another way of doing it?

I need the heather honey to blend with OSR so cant only use cut comb.
 

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That should do the trick. It's better if you spin the frames out tangentially as higher G forces and higher percentage spins out.
I'm a cut comb and press the rest out myself..
 
Works fine - although you will have a right arm like a public schoolboy's after a session with matron's new Grattan catalogue at the end of it.
did about thirty supers with it last season IIRC. Luckily, I'm ambidextrous so I just followed the oft related advice of changing hands every ten strokes :D
Buy it from Abelo - substantially cheaper than the other suppliers
 
They are out of stock of the hand one but seem to have a nice more expensive heather honey loosened....

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Works fine - although you will have a right arm like a public schoolboy's after a session with matron's new Grattan catalogue at the end of it.
did about thirty supers with it last season IIRC. Luckily, I'm ambidextrous so I just followed the oft related advice of changing hands every ten strokes :D
Buy it from Abelo - substantially cheaper than the other suppliers

Cheers for the advice, I ordered one from them today (honey loosener not matron's new grattan catalogue)!:D
 
I will be interested in hearing how you get on with this. I get a little heather honey but not enough to warrant spending large sums on expensive kit and this looks ideal.
 
Works fine - although you will have a right arm like a public schoolboy's after a session with matron's new Grattan catalogue at the end of it.
did about thirty supers with it last season IIRC. Luckily, I'm ambidextrous so I just followed the oft related advice of changing hands every ten strokes :D
Buy it from Abelo - substantially cheaper than the other suppliers

The problem with that is that it can lead to bilateral RSI (repetitive strain injury) such as 'tennis' elbow, or in severe cases short-sightedness :nono:
 
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