2 Frame Manual Honey Extractor – Food Grade Plastic Drum
Extract your own honey with ease using this affordable and reliable 2 Frame Manual Honey Extractor. Designed for hobbyist and small-scale beekeepers, this extractor is the perfect entry-level tool for harvesting honey from your own hives.
Features:
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Fits Full Depth and ¾ Depth Frames
Compatible with the most commonly used frame sizes in New Zealand beekeeping. -
Food Grade Plastic Drum
Lightweight, durable, and easy to clean. Made from hygienic food-safe materials for safe honey handling. -
Manual Operation
No electricity needed. Simple hand-crank design gives you full control over extraction speed and direction. -
Compact Design
Ideal for home use, easy to move and store. Perfect for seasonal honey extraction without taking up too much space.
Specifications:
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Height: 65cm
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Diameter: 40cm
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Additional handle clearance: approx. 15cm
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Assembled footprint: 520mm (W) x 420mm (L) x 680mm (H)
Why Choose This Extractor?
This honey extractor offers excellent value for money and is a great option for new beekeepers or those with a few hives. It’s easy to assemble, operate, and clean – helping you enjoy the rewards of beekeeping with minimal hassle.
Ready to harvest your own honey?
Order now and get started with this efficient, cost-effective extractor.
General guide to honey extraction.
- View video here.
- Ensure honey in the frames is warm enough. Straight off the hive is usually okay if the weather is not too cold and the bees have been brushed or blown off the frames. Otherwise, leave in a small warm room at around 28 degrees C for 48 hours.
- Clean equipment before use.
- Uncap frames as shown in video.
- Use frames of similar weight on opposite sides to reduce vibrations.
- Run extractor at about half speed to get half the honey out of the first side. If the frames have wax foundation and you go too fast, the weight of the honey on opposite side will damage the comb.
- Turn frames around and spin honey from other side. Depending on honey type and temperature, one pass may be enough on second side or it may need to be done with 2 passes. 2nd pass can be faster than the first.
- Shift frames back to first side and extract remaining honey with a slightly faster speed.
- Let the honey flow out of the extractor through a stainless steel double strainer and into food grade honey pails with honey gates at the bottom.
- Leave the honey pail in warm place for 2 days to allow any wax residues and air bubbles to go to the top.
- Then you can decant beautiful pure honey out of the honey gate at the bottom into polyjars, or similar.
- The wax cappings can be left to drain over a grid like a stainless steel queen excluder. (Leave in a warm place to allow maximum honey to drain from the wax.)
- The drained honey can be poured through a honey strainer. (Repeat steps 9 – 11.)