>  I never tried a water pump  and have never seen one used. Maybe
> others will comment on their use.

I think we've covered pumps in detail here before, but here are few
thoughts.

A hundred dollar One inch brass gear pump (available at many hardware
stores) reduced 12:1 or so with belt and pulley and driven by a 1/2 HP cap
start motor will fill most hobbyist and sideliner needs.  We also used a few
1-1/2" Jabsco rubber impeller pumps for commercial service, but, frankly,
the gear pumps were almost as good.

A couple of camlock fittings threaded onto nipples, threaded into the pump
allow for taking hoses on and off in a jiffy(1).  With honey, you NEED to be
able to take the hoses off easily when they granulate or the pump needs
moving.  A reversing switch is nice to have on any pump.

'honey AND pump" got me 93 hits in the search window at
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/ (with the substring box checked).  Should be
*something* useful there, I should think.  Try it.

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

(1) Note to Jim.  It's just an expression, not meant to be taken literally

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