In a message dated 19/04/03 05:05:11 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< Honey Extractors

 I'm a new beekeeper on Long Island, NY, and I'm wondering about the
 feasibility of building my own honey extractor.  >>

If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have bought an extractor as a
beginner.  They are expensive, bulky, and are used only on a few days in a
year, remaining idle the rest of the time.

So I suggest you get your local bee club to buy an extractor to share and to
be stored on somebody else's premises and in the meantime go for the more
profitable comb honey until you have sold enough for the bees, not you, to
pay for the extractor.

Chris

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