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  • From: "Thomas Grizzle" <griz AT mindspring.com>
  • To: "'Walter Starks'" <walterstarks AT icloud.com>
  • Cc: <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Cut Comb Honey Extractor
  • Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 17:42:04 -0400

The cut comb is unwired comb so the extractor would destroy it, would it not?  Am I missing something?  Along the lines of your suggestion, I was thinking I could use a scratcher to uncap and just gravity drain from each side of a frame, then save the comb?

 

Thomas B. Grizzle

 

From: Walter Starks [mailto:walterstarks AT icloud.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 5:31 PM
To: Thomas Grizzle
Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [ocba] Cut Comb Honey Extractor

 

Why not use a honey extractor and save the comb?

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Walter

 

 

You never can tell with bees. ~ Winnie-the-Pooh


On May 26, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Thomas Grizzle <griz AT mindspring.com> wrote:

Hi,

 

I harvest honey exclusively from “cut comb” in medium frames.  I take wide mouth quart jars and put the comb into it; one medium frame does about 4 jars.  I then need honey to fill the jar so I’ve been just using my hands to squish the honey out of some additional comb, then let it drip overnight using a colander.  From there, the bees clean everything up. 

 

My question is, is there a device for squishing honey comb to get the honey separated from the wax?

 

Thanks….

 

Thomas B. Grizzle

919.967.5199

griz AT mindspring.com

 

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