Wired foundation and heather honey

[Tonyatcwfarm]

I have a full super of capped heather honey
Problem is it's on wired foundation
Any suggestions on how to use it apart from leaving on as winter stores
Thanks

 

[Poly Hive]

As it is only one super the problem is relatively easy.

Provided you have access to a tangential extractor then it can be "loosened" then extracted as per normal. https://www.beekeeping.co.uk/heather-honey-processing/roller-heather-loosener-hea05

No idea if the above works but I do know the one below is very effective.

http://www.swienty.com/shop/vare.asp?side=0&vareid=107331

Or if not then crush and press.

PH

 

[Anduril]

You can scrape the wax and heather honey back to the foundation. Although you may warp or damage the foundation with one or two accidents, you can reuse the frames and foundation next year.

 

[MartinL]

Cut out, along the wires?

If it's 95% Heather I'd say it's too good to feed it all back to them.

 

[MartinL]

As it is only one super the problem is relatively easy.
I do know the one below is very effective.

http://www.swienty.com/shop/vare.asp?side=0&vareid=107331
PH

£4 850

My understanding of the invention of copper wire must have been incorrect.
That's a little beyond my 2017 budget!

 

[protheroe]

You can scrape the wax and heather honey back to the foundation. Although you may warp or damage the foundation with one or two accidents, you can reuse the frames and foundation next year.

I scrape it back to the foundation myself

 

[RaGeBe]

I've taken to providing a starter strip on the frames and letting the bees make natural comb. Takes all those nasty chemicals out (misses the point of the thread natch)

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[Poly Hive]

No the price is in Euros.

You can buy mine off me for £'s though if you prefer...LOL

PH

 

[Hivemaker.]

You can buy mine off me for £'s though if you prefer...LOL

Which make and model is your loosener Pete.

 

[Poly Hive]

http://www.swienty.com/shop/vare.asp...&vareid=107331

Older model of course as bought it back in 1990 ish. Done about 10 tons so near new!

PH

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

https://www.beekeeping.co.uk/heather-honey-processing/roller-heather-loosener-hea05

No idea if the above works
PH

It does - slightly messy and not as efficient as this:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&r...Vz6AxetIc4HxSnMysvIiiTDg&ust=1504472348372110

but adequate

I do know the one below is very effective.

http://www.swienty.com/shop/vare.asp?side=0&vareid=107331

Or if not then crush and press.

PH

SWMBO said no

 

[mbc]

It does - slightly messy and not as efficient as this:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&r...Vz6AxetIc4HxSnMysvIiiTDg&ust=1504472348372110

but adequate





SWMBO said no

Seriously? Have you tried the roller, I would give it perhaps a one out of ten for doing the job.
I agree on the hand held heather loosener, it's messy and slow going but it works quite well, maybe a six or a seven out of ten.
Swienty don't seem to be offering their foot pedal operated loosener anymore, shame as that's the one I was going to get when my ship comes in.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Seriously? Have you tried the roller,

yes,as an experiment, it worked, more left in the comb than the hand held loosener and OK if a person had only a few frames to extract (rather than give it back to the bees)
I used the hand held loosener for twenty odd supers last year and it was managable although I had a right arm like public schoolboy's after a night in with matron's Grattan catalogue (or a Tory's after half an hour with the new edition of pig farmers monthly )

 

[SDM]

Do you uncap before using the handheld or just use it to uncap?

 

[Millet]

yes,as an experiment, it worked, more left in the comb than the hand held loosener and OK if a person had only a few frames to extract (rather than give it back to the bees)
I used the hand held loosener for twenty odd supers last year and it was managable although I had a right arm like public schoolboy's after a night in with matron's Grattan catalogue (or a Tory's after half an hour with the new edition of pig farmers monthly )

 

[Beefriendly]

although I had a right arm like public schoolboy's after a night in with matron's Grattan catalogue (or a Tory's after half an hour with the new edition of pig farmers monthly )

Or a Welshman with a copy of sheep farming weekly

 

[mbc]

yes,as an experiment, it worked, more left in the comb than the hand held loosener and OK if a person had only a few frames to extract (rather than give it back to the bees)
I used the hand held loosener for twenty odd supers last year and it was managable although I had a right arm like public schoolboy's after a night in with matron's Grattan catalogue (or a Tory's after half an hour with the new edition of pig farmers monthly )

Lol

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Do you uncap before using the handheld or just use it to uncap?

I uncap first - otherwise the loosener gets really clarted up with cappings.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Or a Welshman with a copy of sheep farming weekly

or a Yorkshireman with a full book of green shield stamps

 

[Beefriendly]

or a Yorkshireman with a full book of green shield stamps

Knowing how obtuse many tykes can be you'd need to explain that in more simple terms. They would then probably just revert to type and beat the Cra££p out of you!