Some time back there was a discussion about using these
blowers to melt cappings prior to extraction.
 
I came across a good 1/2 price small unit on sale at a local
hardware store. Thought I would try it out on supers taken off
my two hives.
 
Results:
 
Does a good job melting the cappings. You do need to watch
that you don't melt everything down into some kind of new
honey/wax product.
 
It is a slower operation than heating up a knife and I am not
too sure that you end up getting as much honey out of the comb.
 
The only real plus that I can see is that you end up with less wax
mixed up with the extracted honey-if that makes a difference to
you. And of course there is much less wax to mess with after
straining.
 
Overall, it is a little less messier operation, but I would not reccomend
running out and buying one of these units unless you have some
other bonafide uses for the tool.
 
Al,
 
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