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Manuka handling 70 years ago...
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13201" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Good practical advice for the times. I have actually use one of the rocker prickers which was made from a curved piece of wood with I would think over 100 nails sticking out. It was time-consuming and not easy to use and modern prickers are a huge improvement.It was definitely not pretty or up to modern health standards.</p><p>Mostly we just used manuka still in the frames for feeding hives in the spring But when we did want to extract some manuka we would sort out some frames with white wax and using a steam heated hand plane,scrape them right down to the foundation followed by a quick spin in the extractor.</p><p>While at a beekeeping conference my father was once abused by another beekeeper for selling that rubbish manuka honey for the same price as good clover honey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 13201, member: 207"] Good practical advice for the times. I have actually use one of the rocker prickers which was made from a curved piece of wood with I would think over 100 nails sticking out. It was time-consuming and not easy to use and modern prickers are a huge improvement.It was definitely not pretty or up to modern health standards. Mostly we just used manuka still in the frames for feeding hives in the spring But when we did want to extract some manuka we would sort out some frames with white wax and using a steam heated hand plane,scrape them right down to the foundation followed by a quick spin in the extractor. While at a beekeeping conference my father was once abused by another beekeeper for selling that rubbish manuka honey for the same price as good clover honey. [/QUOTE]
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