> Steve, it appears that liquid paraffin is "mineral oil" in the USA, and
> indeed it is used for "intestinal irregularities".  We haven't given it
> to our cat, but we have used a dollop of margarine or butter
> occasionally.
>
> Hope you're having a good year in Scotland.  We've enjoyed a couple of
> holidays there...stayed in B&B's...rode the train
> exclusively...Pitlochary, Fort William, Arrochar..lots of
> hiking...Beautiful!
> We still maintain contact with a friend in Crief.
>
> Do you have bees and get heather honey?  I've read of the
> "destructive extraction" of heather
> honey...seems quite different from other honeys.
>
> Catch you later.
>
>  Hi Jim, I thought I would share our communication with the others,
> it also carries on with another pet-bee connection!
>
>
> Yes, we do get Heather honey,in Kilspindie, Perthshire, which is 5 miles
> from Perth (about 15 miles from Crieff), and my out Apiary which is in
> the hills to the North.
>
> The problem with Heather honey, is it sets like jelly, and traditionally
> they have pressed it out, which destroys the combs. The other way is to
> use a gadget which is like a paint roller with fine spikes on it, which
> loosens up the  honey enough to be spun out. I was going to get one of
> these, as I thought it was a great idea, until my local supplier told me
> it was about #75, which must be about $90.
>
> I have found that a dog hair brush (new one!) with metal spines #2.50,
> works fine, but I only had 3 supers to do, and I was getting tired
> (going nuts) at the end of the session. The heather honey is really
> good, I would trade, all my honey for the rest of the year, for just a
> few jars of this stuff.
>
> My questions are:-
> are these rollers as expensive everywhere else in the world? or are we
> Scottish beekeepers being ripped off?.
> Also has anyone any other (cheap) ways of loosening Heather honey from
> the combs.
>
>
> Steve Pearce
>
> Kilspindie
> Perthshire
> Scotland
>
  Hi,
 
  1. Back again. Greetings from Ellicott
City MD usa (founded 1772 but not as
young (ha, ha) as Dundee>
 
 2. The Hackler Honey Punch might B
what U R looking for. Comes in
5 diff sizes: 2" to 8", $25-50,
plus $2.50 per unit shipping.
 
 3. Plastools
    404 - 20th St
    Bellingham WA 98225
    360/676-9869
 
 4. Looks like paint roller
w/spurs.
 
5. Have never used one.
 
6. Want me to order U
one?
 
 7. Source: ABJ, Jul 95,
p. 479. Ad appears every
month.
 
 8. I have heather honey
I picked up from Bro
Adam at Buckfast Abbey
in 1985.
 
 9. It's part of my
collection of honey
from all 50 U.S
plus more than 40
foreign countries
comprising over 350
floral sources. It's
now very very dark.
Others would say "black."
 
Cheers.
 
Jack the B-man
 
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Howard Honey Farms RR8        *
9772 Old Annapolis Rd         *
Ellicott City (founded 1772)  *
Maryland usa 21042            *
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