Uncapping

[Luka22]

Oh yes, I never harvest if the Honey is not ready, but because you wrote rinse and the person I met who sold the Honey as Cappings Honey with a higher Water Content... so it was a very good price, but I do wonder now how much water is in it....

 

[wessexmario]

hey has anyone bought one of these, thinking of buying one.
http://www.mannlake.co.uk/beekeeping-supplies/product/HH-231.html

Darren

I'd buy a plastic storage box (~£20) and a honey gate (~£4.50) separately.
save the other £50 for something else.

 

[Cussword]

I'd buy a plastic storage box (~£20) and a honey gate (~£4.50) separately.
save the other £50 for something else.

From where?
Thanks

 

[wessexmario]

they were typical ballpark prices I picked out of Google shopping (even cheaper "buy it now's" on eboy),

the principle stands though, sometimes "specialist kit" is just "ordinary stuff" with a different label and a big price markup.

 

[Ely]

Oh yes, I never harvest if the Honey is not ready, but because you wrote rinse and the person I met who sold the Honey as Cappings Honey with a higher Water Content... so it was a very good price, but I do wonder now how much water is in it....

'Cappings honey with a higher water content' sounds strange to me also. Cappings honey is exactly the same as the honey that comes out of the extractor, it just came off with the cappings instead. Perhaps the cappings were left out on the kitchen side for weeks on end and absorbed atmospheric moisture? Who knows? Anything like that is best used for personal use and not selling.

 

[Luka22]

Well, I was not sure about it myself, but I did had a chance to taste it and it tasted nice. So when you wrote about rinsing I thought that maybe that is what it was, the cappings were rinsed so now the water content would be higher, but obviously not that high that you think that is water with the taste of Honey.

Since it was for Mead and it was not hidden about the water content I would think it was fine. And who knows, maybe I did misunderstand this anyway...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I'd buy a plastic storage box (~£20) and a honey gate (~£4.50) separately.
save the other £50 for something else.

And where would you get the perforated drainer tray insert? and the stainless steel crossbar and spike? (that;s the Abelo one not the Mann lake)

 

[Thymallus]

I've never used one, the function of the spike leaves me intrigued.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I've never used one, the function of the spike leaves me intrigued.

You rest the side bar of the frame your uncapping on the spike, uncap one side of frame, then rotate on the spike to uncap the other side.

Some cross bars just have a couple of shallow recesses cut with a forstner bit, which are to rest one end of the top bar in while uncapping the frame.

 

[Thymallus]

Okay, thanks. Anything to speed the process up. Cut comb anyone?

 

[Hivemaker.]

Anything to speed the process up.

Yes, an automatic uncapping machine.

 

[dpearce4]

Yes, an automatic uncapping machine.

or 2 people.

 

[Thymallus]

Yes, an automatic uncapping machine.

Add in the automatic feed. A mere snip at 2.5K plus. Worth every penny.

 

[wessexmario]

And where would you get the perforated drainer tray insert? and the stainless steel crossbar and spike? (that;s the Abelo one not the Mann lake)

I use a sieve under the honey gate.
The crossbar can simply be made of wood.