Need to better understand how to get honey from the harvest tube into a gallon or 5 gallon container. Especially a source for a right angle section that will fit with a harvest tube

[rdfaber]

Need to better understand how to get honey from the harvest tube into a gallon or 5 gallon container. Especially a source for a right angle section that will fit with a harvest tube.

[Dawn_SD]

Hello and welcome to the Flow forum!

I used some flexible tubing, but you now have to buy a minimum of 100 feet of this stuff:

https://processhose.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=3049360&x=36&y=2

Here it is connected to a Flow frame and 64 fl oz mason jar:

Where does one purchase the curved honey extraction tubes?

That is an old chestnut, to use an ancient English phrase. If you don’t like my link, try the search tool at the upper right of this window, but here are some ideas: Click on the photo to see how the tube goes into the jar. This worked well for extracting 6 frames of honey. [Flow harvest jar]

There are a lot more photos and ideas in that thread too. Might be worth a read

[jenny.appleseed]

I bought some heavy plastic tubing.

See photo

[AdamMaskew]

I prefer to use pvc. I place an elastic band on the flow tube than put a 19mm elbow on and cut a piece of pvc pipe the right length.

[rdfaber]

Thank Adam for your post. What are the sizes of the pipe pieces. 3/4 are too big at the curve.

[rdfaber]

That is what the band is for?

[Dawn_SD]

I bet the band is a sort of make-shift o-ring, to give a good fit between the 2 tubes without gluing

[AdamMaskew]

You are both all over it. It stops the 19mm 3/4” elbow from slipping off the end of the flow tube

[bija]

If you have connected the honey tube to a container, ensure that air can escape from the container. In your efforts to make it bee-proof, don’t make it air-tight, otherwise the honey can back up in the tube and spill over the edges of the trough inside the hive.

• Bija

[Abercroft]

I use clear elbows I get from eBay. They fit a little loosely , and those that don’t get some epoxy. Works a treat. 25mm works well.

Clear PVC Elbow Pipe Fittings 20mm-110mm Aquarium Fish Tank Pond Solvent Weld ...

[jakasspeech2]

@AdamMaskew

I prefer to use pvc. Das japanische Messer – Alles, was Sie wissen müssen – SharpEdge I place an elastic band on the flow tube than put a 19mm elbow on and cut a piece of pvc pipe the right length. All-on-4 / All-on-6 – Set von Implantaten | Artident

Using a standard 19mm PVC elbow and a simple elastic band perfectly solves the frustration of directing honey flow into those large 5-gallon containers!