Jules59
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2018
- Messages
- 270
- Reaction score
- 182
- Location
- North Warwickshire
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 5
This maybe be useful to the first time purchaser:
I bought a 4 frame tangential from STBK, quite early on in my beekeeping.
One thing I didn't realise at the time was that these cheap extractors seem to be designed for frames with short lugs. This causes the Hoffman frames etc to drag in the extracted honey long before the honey reaches up to the level of the outlet. I, eventually, got fed up of having repeatedly to stop and tip the extractor, so I added wooden spacers to raise the frames inside the cage.
I bought a 4 frame tangential from STBK, quite early on in my beekeeping.
One thing I didn't realise at the time was that these cheap extractors seem to be designed for frames with short lugs. This causes the Hoffman frames etc to drag in the extracted honey long before the honey reaches up to the level of the outlet. I, eventually, got fed up of having repeatedly to stop and tip the extractor, so I added wooden spacers to raise the frames inside the cage.