Comments on: The Best Methods for Uncapping Honey

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:34:19 +0000

I grew up on a honey farm and have worked on several other commercial farms. What you called a “fork”, we called a “scraper” or “scratcher”. Instead of trying to get under the caps using a “fork”, we simply scratched the caps off. I use this method for the couple of hives that I now keep in my backyard in the city. It does require some type of filter to collect the wax as the honey drains from the extractor. I use a wire sieve and it works perfectly.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:08:35 +0000

We run anywhere from a hundred to a couple hundred medium and deep frames a year. We use a $2 bread knife, the finer serrated teeth the better.

I bought the roller a couple years ago, it does a good job of making a small hole in the cap, but not enough to spin room temperature honey- we do not heat out honey. We use a 9 frame electric extractor, The roller is useless for us,

The uncapping fork is pretty awesome once you figure out the 2% rule- you have to be 2% smarter than the equipment you are working with. At first I was vertically jabbing the fork into the caps, then a year or two later my daughter picked it up and went right to town with it on her frame, it’s awesome. We use the knife and fork. In beekeeping, you have to learn anyway you can, from the bees, from your children..

By: The Best Tool to Uncap Your Honey | How To Start Bee Farming

The Best Tool to Uncap Your Honey | How To Start Bee Farming — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:59:44 +0000

[…] Uncapping our honey crop is most likely the most satisfying task on the farm. Seeing that lavish curl of wax which pieces off the framework and rolls off showing the smooth gold honey is just one of life’s great delights. There are plenty of methods to uncap your own honey framework. Whichever you choose, the end target is […] The article The Finest Tool to Uncap Your Own Honey appeared on Maintaining Backyard Bees…. Read More […]