I'm looking at getting a new extractor next year, or this Fall, I currently have a small 2 frame tangential that was given to me years ago. I now have 6 hives...and that means I can pull more than a couple hundred frames in a good spring or fall harvest. I have no plans to expand past 8 hives.
I am looking at hand crank models primarily. Notably the Dadant 4 frame "little wonder", the walter kelley 3 frame tangential, and the maxant 3100H.
My question is, will I save time by going radial? It seems that the centripetal force is better applied with the tangential extractor; and the little wonder is cheaper.
I have heard that one has to "spin" combs longer with radial extractors. Is this the case?
Also is radial extraction more or less likely to blowout combs than tangential?
Thanks much
I am looking at hand crank models primarily. Notably the Dadant 4 frame "little wonder", the walter kelley 3 frame tangential, and the maxant 3100H.
My question is, will I save time by going radial? It seems that the centripetal force is better applied with the tangential extractor; and the little wonder is cheaper.
I have heard that one has to "spin" combs longer with radial extractors. Is this the case?
Also is radial extraction more or less likely to blowout combs than tangential?
Thanks much