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Offline ShepherdsWatchFarm

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Is it time to sell the extractors?
« on: February 15, 2015, 08:49:10 am »
My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife will sell all of my beekeeping stuff for what I told her I paid for it.

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2015, 09:03:25 am »
I am so confused right now. Can someone tell me something? You have open jars with no bees swarming them. HOW?!?

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2015, 09:04:00 am »
Very interesting, it seems to have the support of a few big names in the beekeeping community. Does not show how it works, or the costs, but it looks like something the enthusiast would be excited about.
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2015, 09:19:04 am »
I was hoping it would at least bottle the honey in muth jars and put the label in place.  I was willing to place the capped jars in their cardboard boxes.   :) :)  I can't imagine how that thing works, and like the poster above, I can't believe there aren't bees swarming in and around the jars.

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2015, 09:23:20 am »
Their web-site answers some of the questions below the video but we must wait until the 23rd for the "big reveal"
My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife will sell all of my beekeeping stuff for what I told her I paid for it.

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2015, 09:43:55 am »
My big question is if one can convert deeps already owned, or if everything is going to be needed to be purchased from them?  I would assume it is the latter.  For sure you need their special frames, and then most likely the special deep to keep them in...

I agree with Perry - this is good for an enthusiast, but not practical for anything larger. 
That being said, it would be cool to have one to play with though  ;D
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2015, 09:46:09 am »
I thought they had a drought and weren't getting honey.  my enthusiasm is non existent

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2015, 10:02:20 am »
I am not very knowledgeable about computers or scams. I'm not going near any of this until I see it in one of the BK catalogs!

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2015, 11:14:21 am »
Making the world easy for thieves.  At least until now, if a beekeeper had hives/honey supers stolen, you could assume the thief had some beekeeping knowledge.  How close to April 1st is the big reveal?

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2015, 12:39:57 pm »
It seems too good to be true, but a new hive design has been tested by experts around the world that actually has honey coming out from the hive via a tube, and draining into a jar.   :o

Click here to see a video. Facebook page Click here.

Hope it works, but................. ???

What do you think?
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2015, 02:06:17 pm »
How would you protect that from robbers? :o

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2015, 02:09:16 pm »
David, I wondered that too - Where are the robbing bees?.  But, if it really works that way, you could figure a way to protect the honey from robbers by putting the container in a tight box during the transfer.  My bees would be all over that open honey by the time the bottom of that jar was covered.  :)
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2015, 02:36:56 pm »
 Makes me think of "the Sorcerer's Apprentice".   Say the "magic words" and it starts filling-----but how do you get it to stop? :o
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But, seriously---do you have to sit by and watch every bottle as it fills so you don't overflow?  Filling bottles from a tank goes fast.  one bottle after the next.  But here?  It looks like a slow flow and how do you wait out the filling process between changing containers?

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2015, 03:28:23 pm »
...  How close to April 1st is the big reveal?
:laugh: :laugh: :D :D

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2015, 05:04:24 pm »
...  How close to April 1st is the big reveal?
:laugh: :laugh: :D :D

Good one Ef!

From what one person on their website said.  It looks like they have made some type of frame that allows the honey to flow out of a tube.  There getting a lot of publicity!
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2015, 05:20:59 pm »
It looks as though they are hoping to get this off the ground with a kickstarter program.  Those that contribute are promised a discount when they purchase.  I have contributed through kickstarter before.  A "patron of the arts" if you will.  I contributed to some talented Irish lads that were trying to raise money to produce an album.  All went as promised with emails keeping me updated on their progress.
They have Michael Bush's endorsement, so I signed up for email updates.  We'll know more after the big reveal!
I can see this as a novelty for the backyard where you have one or two hives.  What I don't understand, is how can you leave those bottles uncovered like that?  The bees would be attempting to steal that back plus yellow jackets, etc.  The time lapse photography shows bees at the front entrance, but not at the taps in back.  Reminds me of tapping maple trees.

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2015, 05:22:17 pm »
Oops I think we have two threads on the same subject.  This thing is catching everyone's eye!

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2015, 06:15:48 pm »
I could see a special frame where bees deposited the nectar in the cell then it fell through into a tank or something. Bees just keep depostitng and the cell never fill. But then how does it get cured?

If it's real, it would be a neat to have one in backyard as a novelty.

Maybe a gift for that special someone that has everything.. I'm selling my extractors though.

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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2015, 06:17:06 pm »
I'm reminded of a saying, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

Have they coaxed the bees into not capping the cells?  Is there a decapper built in?  How do you check for moisture?  It should be an interesting reveal.
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Re: Is it time to sell the extractors?
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2015, 08:11:50 pm »
Now were talking slowmodem.

And yes, bring that camera and stack of pancakes down here in front of my hives.