Nov 2, 2020
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Dave Doroghy works in the worlds of advertising and sportsmarketing and lives on a house boat on the Frasier River insouthern British Columbia near Vancouver. His discovery ofbeekeeping wasn't the common story of being swept off his feet withthis new found passion. No, his interest was primarily financial.Show me the Money was a part of his professional sports life, so‘show me the honey' became a part of his beekeeping life.
His story is familiar to many new beekeepers. He makes justabout every mistake that can be made with a hive full of bees andhis journey is both educational for him, and entertaining for thereaders of his book. What he did wrong and what he did to fix itare lessons all of us need to examine, explore and learnfrom.
Dave joins Beekeeping Today Podcast on this episode to talkabout his beekeeping experiences and his book (reviewed in both BeeCulture magazine and The New York Times). Listentoday!
Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:
- Dave's Website:www.houseboathoney.com
- Show Me The Honey on Amazon:Show Me The Honey
- Bee Hive to Beekeeper: https://www.bee-craft.com/shop/books/bee-hive-to-beekeeper
- Updates on Developments with the Asian Giant Hornet inWashington State:https://agr.wa.gov/hornets
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Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support ofBeekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heirline of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode andfrom their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com
This episode is brought to you by GlobalPatties! Global Patties is a family business that manufacturesprotein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hivesprotein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and healthcolonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow.Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custompatties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know youappreciate them sponsoring this episode!
We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as asponsor of the podcast. 2Million Blossoms is a quarterly magazine destinedfor your coffeetable. Each page of the magazine is dedicated to the stories andphotos of all pollinators and written by leading researchers,photographers and our very own, Kim Flottum.
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We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions andcomments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com
Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine ofAmerican Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping TodayPodcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com
Thank you for listening!
Podcast music:Young Presidents, 'Be Strong',Musicalman, 'Epilogue'
There's no doubt about it, there are lots of home made extractors out there.While researching this topic I found YouTube videos of people using old washing machine drums, steel burn barrels, plastic drums with bicycle tires for the inner cage and a whole lot of other interesting techniques.
Over the winter my dad set about to make our own 8 frame electric extractor. Our extractor is custom built to our specifications, so I won't provide a lot of dimensional details, rather, just the basics to get you thinking in the general direction.
Our Barrel
We found a source for brand new food grade plastic barrels, and bartered for it. Bartered? Yup! A distributor was willing to trade us a new, empty barrel for a jar of honey.
Show Me The Honey Tish Rabe
The Basket
With a barrel in hand, we could measure and devise a way to make an inner basket to hold the frames to be spun. Using scrap stainless steel and a welder, he devised a basket almost identical to those sold in the commercial extractors.
It featured pivoting bearings, legs to keep the basket 4-6 inches off the bottom of the barrel (it can extract up to 10 gallons before needing to drain), and a bracket system to hold the motor and controls.
Below is a picture of the bottom of the basket up close. You can see the flanges of stainless steel bent into a shape that holds the frames.
Below is a picture of the side of the extractor basket close up, and shows the flanges of stainless steel bent into shape to hold the frames and keep them inside the basket while they're spinning.
Here is a picture of the top of the extractor basket, from a bird's eye view.
The basket sits on top of the stand, and the whole unit fits down inside the extractor barrel. Once inside the barrel, the motor and coupling is fitting into place and we're ready to go!
Because the extractor barrel is made from plastic and not steel, it's very light-weight and easy to maneuver and store.
Show Me The Honey Shirt
Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:
- Dave's Website:www.houseboathoney.com
- Show Me The Honey on Amazon:Show Me The Honey
- Bee Hive to Beekeeper: https://www.bee-craft.com/shop/books/bee-hive-to-beekeeper
- Updates on Developments with the Asian Giant Hornet inWashington State:https://agr.wa.gov/hornets
______________
Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support ofBeekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heirline of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode andfrom their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com
This episode is brought to you by GlobalPatties! Global Patties is a family business that manufacturesprotein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hivesprotein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and healthcolonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow.Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custompatties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know youappreciate them sponsoring this episode!
We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as asponsor of the podcast. 2Million Blossoms is a quarterly magazine destinedfor your coffeetable. Each page of the magazine is dedicated to the stories andphotos of all pollinators and written by leading researchers,photographers and our very own, Kim Flottum.
_______________
We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions andcomments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com
Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine ofAmerican Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping TodayPodcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com
Thank you for listening!
Podcast music:Young Presidents, 'Be Strong',Musicalman, 'Epilogue'
There's no doubt about it, there are lots of home made extractors out there.While researching this topic I found YouTube videos of people using old washing machine drums, steel burn barrels, plastic drums with bicycle tires for the inner cage and a whole lot of other interesting techniques.
Over the winter my dad set about to make our own 8 frame electric extractor. Our extractor is custom built to our specifications, so I won't provide a lot of dimensional details, rather, just the basics to get you thinking in the general direction.
Our Barrel
We found a source for brand new food grade plastic barrels, and bartered for it. Bartered? Yup! A distributor was willing to trade us a new, empty barrel for a jar of honey.
Show Me The Honey Tish Rabe
The Basket
With a barrel in hand, we could measure and devise a way to make an inner basket to hold the frames to be spun. Using scrap stainless steel and a welder, he devised a basket almost identical to those sold in the commercial extractors.
It featured pivoting bearings, legs to keep the basket 4-6 inches off the bottom of the barrel (it can extract up to 10 gallons before needing to drain), and a bracket system to hold the motor and controls.
Below is a picture of the bottom of the basket up close. You can see the flanges of stainless steel bent into a shape that holds the frames.
Below is a picture of the side of the extractor basket close up, and shows the flanges of stainless steel bent into shape to hold the frames and keep them inside the basket while they're spinning.
Here is a picture of the top of the extractor basket, from a bird's eye view.
The basket sits on top of the stand, and the whole unit fits down inside the extractor barrel. Once inside the barrel, the motor and coupling is fitting into place and we're ready to go!
Because the extractor barrel is made from plastic and not steel, it's very light-weight and easy to maneuver and store.
Show Me The Honey Shirt
My only real contribution was drilling the hole in the bottom and adding my 1 1/2 inch honey gate. I was nervous as heck drilling a hole in the barrel to add the gate. After all, I was staring at a brand new extractor, and I was inching a hole saw right towards it.The honey gate went in smoothly, and it was ready for use.
P.S. - I'll post a few more details about the motor and control.
The Motor
The motor and speed control are the same Baldor products that ship with some commercial built extractors. We were able to acquire the items (without cost) because they were being discarded. It could have been for any reason including quality control, but for our purposes, we found nothing wrong with them and they seem to be working great.
Here are the motor specs:
Torque: 350
Max Speed: 2500 rpm
Max Voltage: 100 Vdc
Current Continous: 7 A
Current Peak: 25 A
Voltage Constant: 40 V/Krpm
I've seen others use ceiling fan motors, and those just don't have the torque needed to spin at the slow speeds when the extractor is first started and the majority of honey is spun out of the frames.
We've discovered spinning at a slow to medium speed for 5-10 minutes will remove 80-90% of the honey in the frames. Spinning at a medium to fast or fast speed for the last several minutes will sling the remaining honey out.
If you have other questions, comments or ideas, leave them in the comments below! If you've made your own, drop us a link to your extractor, we'd love to see it!