|
|
| |
Commercial Equipment |
| |
 |
Hummer Bee Forklift - Commercial beekeepers need to move large numbers of hives in and out of pollination. This is the biggest reason their hives are on specially designed pallets. Besides moving hives, these beekeepers usually produce thousands of pounds of honey, and they store them in barrels that end up weighting 650lbs. For jobs such as this, they need rough terrain fork lifts. Pictured to the left is a Hummer Bee Turbo, made by A&O Fork Lift Company. |
| |
|
 |
Swinger Forklift - Same as above. Pictured is a Swinger forklift. |
| |
|
 |
120 Frame Cowen Horizontal Extractor - Not for the faint of heart! When nothing else is big enough, these systems will do the job. The guys that use these have these systems set up like an assembly line, all the way from de boxing, uncapping, extraction, then re boxing and return. These units are available in 28 frame, 60 frame, and 120 frame extractors. Note that other manufacturers make similar equipment. |
| |
|
 |
De boxer - Instead of manually removing each individual frame from a honey super, these units will de box the frames from a super all at once. These units use ram air or hydraulic power to get the job done. |
| |
|
 |
Uncapper - There are uncappers for hobbyist and sideliners, and then there are uncappers for commercial beekeepers. These units can uncap approximately 60 boxes of frames per hour, and are usually used in conjunction with high capacity extractors. |
| |
|
 |
Hot Water Supply Unit - These machines are basically big water heaters that supply hot water to heat the blades of high capacity uncappers. |
| |
|
 |
Cappings Auger - Used to move the cappings from the uncapper to the cappings spinner. |
| |
|
 |
Cappings Spinner - Similar to smaller version, this is a horizontal cappings spinner with a larger capacity. |
|
| |
Other equipment would include the same pumps, clarifiers, and filters on the Beekeeping Equipment page. |
| |
|
