Why would you do this ? Spin it all out and store it in tubs and jar/use it as you need it. Honey can crystallise and if it crystallises in the comb you really do have a problem . Even if it does not crystallise if it is chilled it will not extract as easily as when its just come off the hive.
I would have thought that it will crystallise in the buckets and it will then be difficult to jar it when they become available. My thinking is that some the honey I take in Autumn is already several months old spring honey and that spins ok. So what is the difference in storing the honey in the frames for several months until needed. I could understand if it was from a known easy to granulate plant but a lot of mine is from Himalayan Balsam and bramble.
If it crystallises in the buckets (and most do) then it will crystallise in the comb. Up to you. Try it. It's easy to melt honey in a bucket; impossible in a comb.
At a couple of quid each you can never have enough honey buckets .. I like 30lb square ones as they are more convenient to stack on the shelves I have - you waste a lot of space using round buckets. As soon as you get a few hives and a good year more honey than you thought is a nice problem to have ... if it's too much for your own use or your customer base then 30lb tubs of honey are easy to sell to those beekeepers who need more to supply their customers so buy more tubs and put an advert for your surplus on here.
no brainer really, if the honey starts crystalising in the comb you're a bit boogered, if it's in a bucket you can slap it in a warming cabinet
Brilliant idea...and so simple...no more round ones for me !
I use rectangular ones as well and just found these at a very good price.
Can you fit those rectangles into cheap Lidl/koshstar warmers……just a thought!
Yes it looks like the lids are another 54p
They look good Neil - I like the look of the central proper handle. Do they hold 30lbs of honey ? I reckon that my new strainers from Thornes might well sit on the top of them:
