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Comment on ELAP is a Joke (2008 Farm Bill) by Tim Arheit

Tim Arheit — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:37:30 +0000

Time just seems to get away from me… I do need to start regularly posting.
Thanks,
-TIm

Comment on The Sticky Machine Makes Another Appearance. by Lori Titus

Lori Titus — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:42:42 +0000

That was probably our honeystick machine that was up on eBay. We have since been asked if we have other machines for sale (we do not), and our opinion on the machine.

We were told that it would need some tweaking after shipping. I’m handy with tools, and I know a number of engineers. We tweaked and tweaked, but what it came down it is that it is simply poorly designed. Then the manufacturer told us that we must be doing it wrong, and wanted us to fly her and her boyfriend down here for a week, rent a car for them, and put them up in a hotel. That’s when things started going sour between us. 1. It should not take a week to tweak anything. 2. I should not have to fly her and her boyfriend. 3. It was sounding more like she was looking for an all-expense-paid vacation to DC.

The straws rarely dropped properly into the chute, when they did, they never seated right for the heat seal, and when I seated them by hand, the heat seal was never consistent, and rarely correct.

Upon further talking with her, she admitted that there were some problems with this, that she had taken to babysitting the machine and performing many of the functions by hand, that she often had to sit by hand to trim the seals, and would run the entire batch of completed honeystraws through the DISHWASHER to rinse the honey residue off them. A far cry from the automatic honeystick machine I had expected.

When I asked to return the machine and a refund on my payment (I had never even run honey through the machine, it worked so poorly), she cut off communication. Hence, I eventually put it up for auction on eBay. I have since been asked for recommendations on her machine, and well, you see what I have to say. Don’t buy it.

Comment on ELAP is a Joke (2008 Farm Bill) by GENE MCCUNE

GENE MCCUNE — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:10:17 +0000

TIM, HOW WERE YOUR BEE’S THIS YEAR? I ENJOY READING YOUR BLOGS, PLEASE UPDATE.

GENE

Comment on Package Bees by Gary

Gary — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:27:40 +0000

Got to say, doing a great job on this site – These look fantastic, I hope they are very productive.

Comment on Bees on a Plane by Start Beekeeping

Start Beekeeping — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:25:06 +0000

WOW you do not see that every day. That is one very devoted beekeeper

Comment on The Sticky Machine Makes Another Appearance. by Terri

Terri — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:18:09 +0000

Naseem Dawood,
Although it has been two years since your post, I feel compelled to reply to save you and/or another person from stress & irritation.
Please save your money for worthwhile causes. We bought this machine many years ago and could not get it to work. Although we were refunded our money (minus 7% stocking fee), it was one of the worst experiences I had in regards to buying something over the internet.

Comment on Beekeeping – Does anything change? by Oh, For a Bee’s Experience — Here in the Bonny Glen

Oh, For a Bee’s Experience — Here in the Bonny Glen — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:19:15 +0000

[...] Fall discussed the rise of the Langstroth hive, so that was a neat connection for us. Amusing tidbit at the bottom of that post: The running joke is that if you ask 5 beekeepers in a room a question, you will receive 6 different [...]

Comment on Honey Stick Machine, The Manual Version by Dale Rohe

Dale Rohe — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:30:57 +0000

I’ve been using your method for making just a few hundred straws lately. This has been just what I was looking for.

Thanks!

Dale

Comment on Honey Bees Fight Terrorism by jennifer

jennifer — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:00:30 +0000

hysterical!

Comment on Record Keeping with Bricks by -Fred.

-Fred. — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:46 +0000

Excellent! Ha!

-Fred.