Homemade Honey Extractor

With this homemade honey extractor, you beat the high cost of commercial extractors while avoiding the disadvantages of producing only cut-comb honey. The purchase of a honey extractor is a significant step for any beekeeper, but the financial burden can be particularly traumatic for the one- or two-hive amateur apiarist. At $150 or more, the cost of an extractor will easily exceed the total of all the other expenses a beginner may face, forcing many neophyte beekeepers to stick to less efficient comb honey production. An effective rotary extractor, however, can increase hive productivity by more than 50% and allows the beekeeper to retain the entire honeycomb network intact during honey removal.