Experience the satisfaction of extracting your own honey with this high-quality 4 Frame Manual Honey Extractor! Made from durable 304 grade stainless steel, this extractor features a metal gear drive for long lasting use and clear plastic top covers. With the ability to fit 3/4 depth frames and full depth frames, it also has a convexed base that naturally directs honey to the outer edge of the drum. Plus, with a distance of 290mm from the honey gate to the floor when legs are fitted, this extractor offers convenience and efficiency. Assembled dimensions are approximately 700Wx500Lx1000H. Get yours at a great value today!
Manual four frame Stainless Steel Honey Extractor
304 grade stainless steel drum.
With clear plastic top covers and metal gear drive for long life.
Fits 3/4 depth frames and full depth frames.
The distance from honey gate to floor when the legs are fitted is 290mm.
The base of the extraction drum is convexed so the honey naturally flows to the outer edge of the drum.
Approx dim when assembled: 700Wx500Lx1000H
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.)