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In a small or mid-sized apiary you don't need a two-metre honey-house bench, but you do need one that handles uncapping cleanly and without wasting honey. This compact 60 cm bench does exactly that: a stainless-steel trough that takes little space, stores away easily and —thanks to its repositionable bar— lets you work Langstroth, Dadant and Layens frames without changing equipment.
Most uncapping benches are tied to a single frame format. This one has a repositionable cross bar that sets the support span to each hive: it leaves 48 cm as standard for Langstroth and Dadant US (American); slide it in to shorten it to 47 cm for the Dadant Blatt (European) and to around 36 cm for the shorter Layens frame. You switch sizes in seconds and without tools, so a compact bench covers your whole apiary even if you run several formats.
The base has a filter grid where the cappings fall: the honey drains off by gravity and the sloped bottom guides it to the honey gate, ready to collect straight into a honey tank. You make the most of the honey clinging to the cappings and save yourself a later straining, collecting it cold straight from the bench.
It comes with a support cradle to hold the frame still while you scrape with a knife or fork, and a spike bar to pin the frame and turn it one-handed while you uncap with the other. Two techniques on the same bench: use whichever suits the capping.
The honey-contact surfaces are AISI 304 stainless steel, with the frame and legs also in stainless: it stands up to warm honey, propolis and daily washing with hot water without corroding season after season. The parts come apart, so cleaning it at the end of the day takes minutes.
With just a 60 cm trough and around 10 kg, you move it on its wheeled legs and store it in any corner once the season ends. The adjustable height fits it to your stature for comfortable uncapping, and its size makes it ideal for small apiaries or as a second bench in the honey house.
| Honey-contact surfaces | AISI 304 stainless steel |
|---|---|
| Frame and legs | Stainless steel |
| Trough length | 60 cm (compact version) |
| Frame compatibility | Langstroth · Dadant US · Dadant Blatt · Layens |
| Adjustable support span | 48 cm (Langstroth / Dadant US) · 47 cm (Dadant Blatt) · ≈ 36 cm (Layens) |
| Honey collection | Filter grid + sloped bottom to the honey gate |
| Frame holding | Support cradle + rotating spike bar |
| Mobility & ergonomics | Wheeled legs + adjustable height |
| Weight | 10 kg approx. |
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