Was it new tender wax? Sometimes it's better to leave them on the hives a little longer so the wax will get stronger maybe?
So how do you get the honey out of the new stuff? Or what do you do with it?we have always tried to extract from 3 year old or older wax. The fresh stuff is pretty, but just too weak to handle the extractor.
There was 1 plastic foundation frame in there...it blew out entirely and was pinned between the wall and the basket, it was like hitting the brakes cause it sure slowed down quickly.I use plastic foundation in my honey supers like Rite-Cell or Plasticell for the very problem you describe. With plastic foundation you have never have to worry about a blow out or babying the RPM.
We color code each years new wax and leave new wax on for food stores over winter. Each year we cycle new wax onto 25% of our hives and rotate it as it ages. This keeps the cost under control in stead of rewaxing 100,000 frames every 4 years or so.So how do you get the honey out of the new stuff? Or what do you do with it?
Okay, I have to ask. Are you sure you had it turned down all the way and not up all the way? I would recommend opening the top with no frames in the extractor and turn it on. Run it back and forth from low to high to insure that low is indeed low and high is indeed high.There was 1 plastic foundation frame in there...it blew out entirely and was pinned between the wall and the basket, it was like hitting the brakes cause it sure slowed down quickly.
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Okay, I have to ask. Are you sure you had it turned down all the way and not up all the way? I would recommend opening the top with no frames in the extractor and turn it on. Run it back and forth from low to high to insure that low is indeed low and high is indeed high.
jeb