BEEREEPING
&
DEVELOPMENT 39
A GOOD WAY TO WORK A HONEY EXT PACS? This is Mr Wilson, a beekeeper living in the rainforest of Ecuador, near the border with Colombia. Mr Wilson keeps his Africanized bees in Langstroth frame hives, which he makes himself. He has also made his own honey extractor seen here.
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BEEKEEPING
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The frames spin backwards and forwards as the pull cord winds in and out with each pull reversing the direction of the spin with each pull. No need to take the frames out to reverse them! It is simple and effective. There is little effort involved, and no cogs to wear out!
ALAN MORLEY
This extractor consists of a drum with the frame holder inside. The frame holder is supported on a length of metal rod, which is in fact a piece of concrete reinforcing rod. This tod sticks up well above the top of the extractor. A piece of cord is wound around the top of the rod. Pulling the cord spins the frames, so that the honey flies out of the combs.
Mr Wilson with
Alan Morley
his innovative honey
extractor
SEE SOMETHING'S BUZZING IN YOUR BRAIN - WHAT IS IT?
HI TIZO,
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YES, I'D HEARD THAT NOWADAYS YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL
HEE! HEE! HEE! DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH TIZO!
BEEKEEPER, SO WHY ONLY NOW ARE YOU THINKING OF THIS? I'M
JUST SITTING HERE
|WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT
BECAUSE AMA
ME? COME
REAL PROFESSIONAL
AND SEE
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THINKING HOW TO APPROACH THE BEES
FOR YOURSELF.
AND GET TO THE HONEY.
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DO YOU
REALLY BELIEVE IN THESE BEES?
OW-OW, I'M DYING, HELP! THESE BEES ARE KILLING ME.
WOW, WHAT
I$ THAT? LOOK MY FRIEND, YOU ARE
WITH THE EXPERT, SO WHY
ARE YOU WORRYING?
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING
ZV
AAA,
HA HA, AND YOU WERE THE ONE THAT LAUGHED! WHAT DID YOU
eo
THINK? THE BEES ARE YOUR RELATIVES OR SOMETHING? JUST HOW FOOLISH CAN
Steve Burtan
A Bees for Development public auion
NITRO ANZ. Akuy
OTHER PEOPLE BE?
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