{"id":359,"date":"2010-05-10T21:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T01:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agdev.anr.udel.edu\/maarec\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2010-05-10T21:31:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T01:31:20","slug":"honey-heater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey heater"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> The new honey heater plans consists of five pages of drawings and directions. Due to a large file size, the plans have been broken into five parts for easy downloading.<\/p>\n

(Page 1<\/a>, Page 2<\/a>, Page 3<\/a>, Page 4<\/a>, Page 5<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Anyone who produces honey is going to have granulation problems. If you are a larger producer you will need equipment to handle drums of honey and there is equipment that you can order and place in service that works well. However, if you are a small producer, it is a different story. Years ago when I had only a few honey producing hives, I would use the large pot of water on the stove top with the 5 gallon tin can setting inside of it. This worked fairly well when I only had one can to do at a time with a total of 4 or 5 for the season. Like most other people with 3 or 4 hives, my hives grew into a dozen and then more. A friend of mine has described, on more than one occasion, how he heats his honey in a large pan over direct heat on the stove. I just cringe every time he tells people about his system and I try to visualize the kitchen scene. I think that is a no-no on page one \u2013 line one. But he\u2019s happy. I \u201cmoved up\u201d to the four can liquefier that Dadant used to sell back in the late seventies and continued with that for several years. It did a good job but you had water dripping off the cans when you picked them out and then you had to drain it with a hose to the outside. It beat the daylights out of picking those cans out of the pot on the stove top but it still had some shortcomings. I don\u2019t like the idea of all the moisture, even though the lids are on tight, and I don\u2019t think the heat was even throughout the unit. Just putting a blanket over it seemed to make it work much better. The worst part for me was I had to baby-sit it to make sure it did not overheat and damage the honey. I could just plug it in and forget about it until the next day. Like I said, it worked but I wanted something better.<\/p>\n

In addition to bees, we also hatch birds (chicken, pheasant, bob whites, etc.) on our farm so we have incubators. One day, I thought that they would make a good liquefier if they were constructed a little differently and maybe I should build something. I designed this one as a four bucket unit because I wanted to have good, even temperature everywhere inside. But when I used it the first time I wanted to see if it would work with six buckets and it performed wonderfully. The honey was stored in an unheated building for months and was granulated like a brick with a temperature of less than 20 degrees. I placed the 6 buckets of granulated honey into the heater and installed the cover in an unheated building during February, set the temperature at 100 degrees and left it alone for 24 hours. I then poured them into my bottling tank for further packaging. Only a few crystals remained on the bottom. There were no hot spots, no lumps of granulated honey and no fear of overheating. All of the working parts came from G.Q.F. Manufacturing, Savannah, GA 31402 (Phone: 912-236-0651). There are two things I would do differently if I built another one. First, I would use a thermostat (#2E206, 30 to 110 degrees from Granger, phone 814-693-6800) because it would be easier to adjust. Second, when I made the insulating cover of 2\u201d blue board, it was constructed as one piece. It is not heavy but very large to handle so I cut it into a top and bottom piece making it much easier to handle. This stuff cuts beautifully on a table saw but be very careful it doesn\u2019t bind or grab \u2013 go slow!<\/p>\n

If you have questions, I can be reached at 570-725-3682<\/p>\n

Craig Cella<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new honey heater plans consists of five pages of drawings and directions. Due to a large file size, the plans have been broken into five parts for easy downloading. (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5) Anyone who produces honey is going to have granulation problems. If you are a larger … Continue reading “Honey heater”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":357,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nHoney heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honey heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new honey heater plans consists of five pages of drawings and directions. Due to a large file size, the plans have been broken into five parts for easy downloading. (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5) Anyone who produces honey is going to have granulation problems. If you are a larger … Continue reading "Honey heater"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008-300x202.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/\",\"name\":\"Honey heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008-300x202.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-05-11T01:31:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-05-11T01:31:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":304},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Beekeeping equipment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Honey heater\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/\",\"name\":\"Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Honey heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Honey heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium","og_description":"The new honey heater plans consists of five pages of drawings and directions. Due to a large file size, the plans have been broken into five parts for easy downloading. (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5) Anyone who produces honey is going to have granulation problems. If you are a larger … Continue reading \"Honey heater\"","og_url":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/","og_site_name":"Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008-300x202.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/","url":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/","name":"Honey heater - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008-300x202.jpg","datePublished":"2010-05-11T01:31:20+00:00","dateModified":"2010-05-11T01:31:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2010\/03\/0631626-R1-019-8_008.jpg","width":450,"height":304},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/honey-heater\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Beekeeping equipment","item":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/beekeeping-equipment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Honey heater"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/#website","url":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/","name":"Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canr.udel.edu\/maarec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}