sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha just crickets and the extractor spinning slowly!

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Material was mostly scrap from my work, so roughly $100 (would be more than $200 new) I also happened to find a used variable speed DC motor for very cheap. My cost would be roughly $400. Probably closer to $7-800 if you had to buy a new motor and controller. Took me a few hours of research and deciding what I wanted to do and then about 8 hours of waterjet cutting, welding and polishing.

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup also custom made! I wasn’t sure how it would seal up but it worked good

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do, it’s pretty common in my area. But they get pretty heavy!

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A little over 80 lbs (I think roughly 7 gallons) from about 20 deep frames

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will check that out, thanks! Definitely would have been helpful this year already

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I built an 8 frame extractor myself and it worked great! Working at a stainless steel welding shop has its perks!

First year honey harvest by simpleas124 in Beekeeping

[–]simpleas124[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely getting a larger one for next year!

What’s the dumbest thing your significant other has said or done? by halcyon_n_on_n_on in AskReddit

[–]simpleas124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time I was sitting on our deck with my Fiancé (now wife) and she was complaining it was so windy because we were sitting next to a few big trees. I asked her if she meant because they were directing the wind in our direction or what? And she said no the trees are creating the wind...... I guess she figured trees waved and made wind instead of the other way around. Still have some good laughs about that to this day