Now we come to the real point of beekeeping - when you reap the rewards of the girls hard work.

Hive World carries a range of equipment to make this job simpler and less messy.

For the Hobbyist:

  • Our useful uncapping tray holds the frame at an easy angle to allow the honey to drain into the large capacity tank.
  • Slice the cappings off with either our electric or serrated uncapping knife.
  • Otherwise you can prick the comb with our uncapping roller (the best way with manuka) or use a capping scratcher.  This handy tool is also useful for checking brood health.
  • The latest aid is the turbo-pro uncapper.  This nifty tool tidily removes the cappings with the minimum of waste but the maximum of efficiency.

For the small Commercial Operator:

  • 20 frame uncapping tank with an optional vertical electric uncapper

We have several different options in stock to take the effort out of extracting:

  • Electric Extractor -  4-frame tangential and 8-frame cassette (self-turning)
  • 4-Frame Electric extractor complete with uncapping tank
  • Manual Extractors - a 2-frame and a 4-frame model

After extracting:

  •  A strainer is essential for removing bee bits and wax from your honey.
  • The nylon cappings strainer is useful for purifying the wax when melted as well as getting the dregs  of honey out of your wax cappings.  It is easy to hook this useful aid into your extractor and give it a whirl to speed the process up.
  • 20L Pails with lid and honey gate are perfect for storing honey.
  • Stainless Steel Honey Storage (settling) tanks with strainer and stainless steel honey gate from 50kg to 225kg manufactured by Civan in Turkey.
  • We stock nylon and stainless steel Honey Gates as well as the Original Robinet  Perfection honey gate from Thomas Apiculture in France which gives a very clean cut off with no drips.
After extraction you may like to cream your honey to prevent it crystallizing.  We supply 75kg creamers from Civan in Turkey to do this task effortlessly for you.

  • 20 litre pail with optional honey gate

    $18.26$24.78

    Hive World’s 20 litre food grade poly pail comes with sealable lid and the option of a honey gate.  Easy to hold handle with plastic bail for good grip.

    Great to store your honey in till you are ready to process it.  The honey gate makes it easy to empty the full pail without unnecessary lifting.

    See our pail perch for a nifty way of emptying your pail completely.

    These food-grade plastic pails are made in New Zealand.

  • 20-Frame Uncapping Tank

    $2,373.92

  • 4 Frame Extractor/Uncapping tank

    $3,608.70

  • 4 Frame Manual Extractor

    $430.43

    Hive World sells this 4 Frame Manual Tangential Extractor.

    Manufactured from 304 grade stainless steel complete with nylon honey gate and stabilising legs.

  • 70L Heated Honey Tank

    $639.13

    Hive World’s 70 litre Honey Tank with heater is a great way to warm your honey gently ready for bottling.  This tank is also useful for separating wax cappings from honey. Also can be used for soap making.

    Thermostatically controlled water jacket ensures your honey is not overheated.

    This tank can be turned into a creamer/mixer by adding the mixer kit https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/honey-mixer-creamer-adjustable-to-suit-a-range-of-tank-sizes/   

     

  • 8-Frame Cassette Extractor

    $5,347.83

  • Cappings spin dryer

    Spin dryers are the preferred alternative to the cappings screw press.

    Cappings are the only product not to go through the normal extraction process so using a Cappings Spin Dryer will ensure you extract the maximum amount of honey possible from your cappings: 100kg of extracted honey should only leave 2 kg of dry cappings.  Very easy to use, you simply put it next to your uncapping tank or machine, open the lid and tip the honey loaded cappings into the basket, shut the lid, turn it on (the machine self-stabilises) and turn it off when the honey flow stops.

    After a day of extraction, the honey house is clean and the wax is available to melt down later.

    With the spin dryer the wax is not broken up into micro pieces saving you from needing extra filtration.
    This model is the ideal machine for enterprises of up to 100 hives.  It can take up to 10 kg of cappings.

    Please Note:  Larger models are available.

    Contact us for more details.

    Delivery will be 4-6 weeks ex France.  POA

  • Hex PET Honey Jar x 4

    $8.70

    750mls (1 kg) hexagonal jar made in New Zealand from clear PET with black tamper proof lid.  These quality jars are sold in packs of 4 for your convenience.

  • Honey Creamer/mixer

    This universal honey creamer/mixer will fit a large range of honey tanks to help you process your honey. It has adjustable brackets to take tanks with diameters of 350 mm to 550 mm and we manufacture the paddle to suit your tank size. 24RPM  and with a 0.37 Kw motor.

    Talk to us about your requirements. Pricing will depend on your tank mixer size.

    All Stainless steel construction. Tank shown also available as  a separate item

  • Honey Gate stainless steel

    $27.80

    Hive World supplies this strong stainless steel honey gate for long-life use.  It will provide you with a hygienic solution to your honey movement applications.

    Inner diameter measurement is 37mm.

  • Honey gate valve

    $7.80$8.70

    Hive World now stocks two sizes of plastic honey gate:

    The HCM-HG-1 honey gate has an outside diameter of 44 mm and an inside diameter of 37mm while the Italian style HCM-HG-2 has a 48mm outside diameter with a 40mm inner.

    You can turn any container into a honey container with one of these easy to install economical additions.

  • Nylon cappings strainer bag

    $15.65

    This handy nylon cappings strainer bag allows you to extract the last of the honey from your cappings without any unwanted bits.  An economical method of avoiding waste – very easy to use.  Generous sizing (50 cm deep x 34 cm wide) fits plenty of cappings in each time you use it.

  • Pail perch

    $9.39

    Stainless Steel Pail perch can hold pails up to 20 L capacity.

    An easy, clean way of emptying your honey pails:  enables you  to leave your pails to drain while you are occupied with other tasks.  Securely holds your pail while it drains into your storage containers.

  • Perfection Honey Gate

    $66.87

    Perfection Honey gate manufactured in France by Thomas Apiculture.  Available in three sizes:  32mm, 40 mm, 50 mm.

    The Perfection Honey Gate used worldwide is a model of French ingenuity and efficiency.  Developed by Thomas Apiculture’s own design team, its unique “drip-cutter” principle allows clean accurate honey filling.  The elbow on the outlet pipe slows down the stream of honey to allow greater control.   The improved leak-proof adjustable spring-loaded cut-off valve will outlast any other gate’s performance.  It cuts off the honey flow cleanly, making jar filling an easy job.  Equipped with an ergonomic handle for easier control of the honey flow.  The 32 and 40mm gates come with seal and nut to fit any extractor, pail or honey tank.  The 50mm is designed to use in your large drum and therefore doesn’t require seal and nut.

    This is the ORIGINAL Perfection Honey-gate manufactured in France:   Don’t be tempted by vastly inferior copies.

    Product +

    • Internationally renowned
    • Optimizes the filling
    • Facilitates bottling
    • Easy grip – ergonomic handle
    • Long lasting, virtually unbreakable
    • 32 mm requires a 42mm hole
    • 40 requires a 47 mm hole
    • 50 will fit into the 50BSP thread in a 200 litre drum.
  • Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher

    $6.10

    Hive World’s Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher is a durable tool with a molded plastic handle to comfortably fit your hand.  The metal tines easily scratch away the honey cells ready for extracting.  Ideal for using with manuka honey as the action of the tines helps liquefy the thick honey to help it to flow easier.

    This tool is also useful for checking for varroa in your drone brood by pushing into the capped cells and lifting out the white larvae – easy to see any mites.

  • Premium Extracting bundle

    $678.26

     

    This premium extracting package includes 1 x 4 frame Manual Extractor, 2 x plastic food-grade pails with sealable lids (1 with a honey gate), 1 x double stainless steel strainer, 1 x uncapping tray, uncapping knife and capping scratcher as well as 10 x 400ml jars.

  • Square PET Honey Jar x 10

    $8.70$12.17

    Square clear honey jars with white tamper evident lids and pressure seal.

    Available in two sizes 200ml (250 gram) and 400ml (500 gram)

    These jars are manufactured in NZ and are the best quality available.

    Sold in quantities of 10.

    For large quantity pricing please enquire.

  • Stainless Steel Honey Tank

    $247.83$434.70

  • Standard Extracting Bundle

    $513.04

    Everything you need to begin extracting your honey.

    Includes –

    • 2 frame manual stainless steel extractor with honey gate.
    • 20 litre pail with honey gate and lid.
    • Uncapping tray with strainer insert, lid, frame rest and honey gate.
    • Uncapping knife.
    • Capping scratcher.
  • Turbo-Pro uncapper

    $15.00

    The Turbo-Pro Uncapper is an amazingly innovative tool to assist you to uncap your frames far quicker and neater than any other tool you have used.

    Watch the video to see how it works –

    https://youtu.be/a3bCwnxW1Rg

  • Two Frame extractor

    $317.39

    Hive World’s sturdy Manual Two Frame Extractor is perfect for the hobbyist who wants an efficient way to harvest their honey.

    This model is manufactured in Stainless steel and comes complete with a nylon honey gate.

    This new model has longer legs to drain into a 20 litre pail.

  • Uncapping tray

    $164.35

    The Hive World Uncapping Tray comes as a complete unit which includes a large capacity plastic tank with honey gate for drainage, a stainless steel drip tray to hold the cappings and a stand to hold your frames while you are uncapping them.

    This useful unit can hold 10 frames inside while draining and has a lid to keep the honey clean and the bees out.  Alternatively, you can leave your cappings draining knowing they are safely covered.  Fitted with small wheels to aid manouevrability.

    Tank size 740 x 353 x 330 high

  • Wax press

    Original price was: $334.78.Current price is: $267.82.

    20% Off

    The Hive World Stainless Steel Wax Press is a traditional, economic way to get the last of your honey from your cappings.  Hygienic construction and easy to clean.

    This useful press can also be used for making cider, fruit juice and other applications.

     

  • Uncapping roller

    $13.00

    Hive World’s Uncapping Roller is the fastest way to prepare your frames for extracting.
    The uncapping roller rolls easily over capped frames to pierce the cells.
    This reduces the amount of wax removed when extracting as it doesn’t destroy the comb foundation.

    If you are extracting manuka honey, it is necessary to prick the comb with a roller as this agitates the honey which aids extraction.

  • Serrated Uncapping Knife

    $13.00

    Hive World’s Serrated Uncapping Knife (Honey Scraper) is designed to cleanly remove your cappings ready for extraction of the frames.  To ensure a neat job immerse the blade in boiling water to heat it but make sure it is dry before scraping off your frames.

  • Electric Uncapping Knife

    $73.90

    Hive World’s Stainless Steel Electric Uncapping Knife slices through your cappings with ease.  This ready-to-use uncapping knife has a fully automatic, non-adjustable temperature control.  Makes a neat job of uncapping, you’ll wonder how you used to manage before you used this!

  • Electric 4-frame extractor

    $747.83

    Hive World’s Electric 4-frame extractor makes your extracting a breeze.  Ideal for hobbyists, this economical model costs little more than a manual model and will do your work with very little effort on your part.

    The variable speed motor means you can start gently and gradually increase the speed to avoid damaging the foundation.   The tangential extraction method is especially suited to manuka honey as it empties the frames more efficiently.  By pricking your comb before extracting, you will be able to draw the honey out gently and use the comb more than once.

    This model comes complete with honey gate for easy emptying.   As an added safety measure the lids have switches that cut out when opened.  All stainless steel construction means this extractor is hygienic and easy to clean.  The latest model has longer legs to enable a pail to be placed conveniently under the honey gate.  Comes with a spare coupling.

    Please note our free freight is to town addresses only, not rural delivery.

    Stock has now arrived and the good news is we have been able to hold the price to pre-covid levels!

     

  • Double stainless steel honey strainer

    $34.80

    This double stainless steel honey strainer is the best way to filter honey directly from your extractor.  It removes wax particles and other foreign material anywhere you are needing filtering with a coarse strainer of 1000-micron and fine strainer of 500-micron.
    The expandable supports fit over containers up to 400mm diameter.