Api melter for heather

[deemann1]

Is it possible to use a apimelter for separation of heather honey and wax
Or would it just spoil the honey

 

[deemann1]

Bump

 

[Curly green finger's]

Bump

I'm not sure myself, is it worth contacting Murray and asking him?
Sorry I can't be any help.
But I'm interested to know the answer to your question.

 

[deemann1]

Murray who ?

 

[Curly green finger's]

Murray who ?

Into the lions den Murray mcgreegor.
Probably the biggest Heather honey producer in the UK.

 

[Wilco]

@Into the lions den

 

[elainemary]

Is it possible to use a apimelter for separation of heather honey and wax
Or would it just spoil the honey

Heather honey of all the honey's, is very temperature sensitive and taste is affected if heat and if freeze. Think it would spoil the honey.

 

[Anduril]

The person to DM would be @BMH Laurence Edwards of Black Mountain Honey, he uses the honey loosener, then the 20 frame radial to 4 frame auto tangential Abelo extractor, then the Abelo cappings spinner. That is his setup for the Heather.

 

[mbc]

Heather honey of all the honey's, is very temperature sensitive and taste is affected if heat and if freeze. Think it would spoil the honey.

Absolutely, also it doesn't run so won't want to drop away from the wax by gravity.

 

[deemann1]

Iv been told that alot of commercial heather men heat the heather to 60 to stop it fermenting

 

[Curly green finger's]

Iv been told that alot of commercial heather men heat the heather to 60 to stop it fermenting

Wouldn't keeping it on the cool side do the same thing?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wouldn't keeping it on the cool side do the same thing?

Yes. I freeze mine

 

[Curly green finger's]

Yes. I freeze mine

All my honey is being kept in buckets in a cellar and being kept cool if we get Heather I will do the same.
I was speaking to a beefarmer from Africa some weeks ago they started a new venture and lost all there honey to fermentation last year, he's only a young enthusiastic chap like me and it was quite upsetting to hear after all the hard work he had put in.
Hence me using a cellar and he has done something similar.

 

[Erichalfbee]

All my honey is being kept in buckets in a cellar and being kept cool if we get Heather I will do the same.
I was speaking to a beefarmer from Africa some weeks ago they started a new venture and lost all there honey to fermentation last year, he's only a young enthusiastic chap like me and it was quite upsetting to hear after all the hard work he had put in.
Hence me using a cellar and he has done something similar.

Just sell it straight away.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Just sell it straight away.

Could do but that would mean selling it in bulk I would rather get £7-8 per jar than selling it at whatever the bulk price is £3.50 per lb?
Heather being £10-12 for 12 oz.

 

[pargyle]

All my honey is being kept in buckets in a cellar and being kept cool if we get Heather I will do the same.
I was speaking to a beefarmer from Africa some weeks ago they started a new venture and lost all there honey to fermentation last year, he's only a young enthusiastic chap like me and it was quite upsetting to hear after all the hard work he had put in.
Hence me using a cellar and he has done something similar.

Bit difficult keeping honey cool in Africa without moving it to the top of Kilimanjaro or refrigerating it ! Mind you, there's not a lot of heather in Africa ...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Bit difficult keeping honey cool in Africa without moving it to the top of Kilimanjaro or refrigerating it ! Mind you, there's not a lot of heather in Africa ...

There’s the giant stuff. I hiked through a fair bit on my way to the top of Kili but if I remember it’s fairly high up and too cold for honey bees

 

[pargyle]

There’s the giant stuff. I hiked through a fair bit on my way to the top of Kili but if I remember it’s fairly high up and too cold for honey bees

Ahh yes ....mind you, if they could be persuaded to work it, there would be a ready market for my patent bee woolly leg warmers !

 

[Erichalfbee]

I could have done with those. I had a Norwegian top notch sleeping bag and used to wake up with ice on my face. If I had a pee in my bottle through the night I had to keep it in my bag or I couldn’t empty it in the morning.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Bit difficult keeping honey cool in Africa without moving it to the top of Kilimanjaro or refrigerating it ! Mind you, there's not a lot of heather in Africa ...

Who was talking of Heather honey in Africa?