Nifty New Honey Stick Filling Machine

Nifty New Honey Stick Filling Machine FARM HOME Food Tony Schwager recently contacted FARM SHOW to say he has made major improvements to his Honey Stick Machine previously featured in FARM SHOW Vol 29 No 5 “Bee keepers maple syrup producers sauce makers and others can fill drinking straws with their product for added value samples snacks etc ” says Schwager who owns a beekeeping and honey business that sells the honey straw filling system He and his family make honey sticks in their shop Straws are loaded into a tray that holds 13 straws at a time and then the operator uses a jig to seal one end of the straws all at once The straws are then inserted into 36 holes in the perimeter of the machine’s hub Once the hub is loaded to capacity the operator closes the machine’s lid and installs a specially made funnel in the center of the hub The machine is turned on at low speed and 140 ml of honey is poured into the funnel which is enough to fill all 36 straws The operator then shuts off the machine and pulls the filled straws out They are then loaded back into the straw holding tray and the other ends of the straws are sealed The introductory price is $399 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup The Bee Store 711 West 23rd St Suite 15 Lawrence Kan 66046 ph 913 206-2188; tony@anthonysbeehive com; www anthonysbeehive com

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