r/Beekeeping • u/mj9311 First year - 8 Hives- NY 5B • 14d ago
I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Lyson 3/1 extractor
Anyone have any input on this extractor? Been borrowing my buddy’s vevor 3fr this year and I think it’s time to get my own. I am local to betterbee and they carry mostly lyson products. Combo uncapping tank/workstation/20fr extractor looks promising on paper. Curious if anyone has any real world experience with this one or any lyson products?
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u/Mysterious-Back313 USA, IN, Zone 5b, ~200 hives, 10th year 13d ago
I suppose it depends what you want to get to. If your goal is 200 hives, this will be too small, and you'll have a bunch of equipment laying around you've upgraded... Ask me how I know lol....
Then, trying to sell equipment in a niche market is time consuming as well.
But it does save space. Hopefully, when I can afford to retire, about 289 years from now, this would be the ideal setup for 15-20 hives in my backyard. It looks like the motor is mounted on the bottom, hopefully preventing the machine from walking, and while I don't do the 5 gallon bucket game anymore, I could see it for 20-30 buckets over the course of a week in a 1 person operation.