Any Idea What This Is?

[gearhead1960]

I found this handle? at an estate sale years ago. Never have figured exactly what it's used for. I thought it could be a handle that fits a specific type of fitting, but have never seen anything else like it. Any certain ideas?

It's branded "Walter T Kelley Co.", "Kentucky U.S.A.", which through my research is a well known supplier of bee keeping gear. It's marked and I believe made by "McCord Mfg. of San Jose, Calif., U.S.A.

Any help is appreciated!

 

[Dagny]

for lifting the frames out of a honey bee box.

 

[DriftwoodAg]

It looks like it is for pulling the panels out of a bee keeping box

 

[gearhead1960]

for lifting the frames out of a honey bee box.

Doh! I guess I could have figured that out since it was branded for a bee keeping supplier.

Thanks!

 

[bonneyman]

for lifting the frames out of a honey bee box.

I thought beekeepers did that by hand to prevent hurting any bees and setting off the colony? At least in all the utube vids I've watched they did it by hand.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Modern version

 

[gearhead1960]

Perhaps if I had followed the clues on the grip, I would have found the current model.....

https://www.kelleybees.com/frame-grip.html

 

[bjohns009]

That is a McCord frame grip for bee keeping Honey comb harvesting. It was made by Mccord Manufacturing that was behind the house I grew up in. I jumped the fence to go work there. I made 50,000 Of those. West off the Mississippi it was sold under the McCord name and East of Mississippi sold under Walter T Kelly Name. We use to ship 600 at time to Walter T Kelly. I used them on hives in the apricot orchard McCord manufacturing and pattern shop was on. I saw them and made them from an aluminum Ingot to shipped, molded, hooked, band saw, belt sanded, faced, married drill pressed, racked, lubed, rivet, hammered, lacquered, packed and shipped. Wow!

 

[steaks&anvils]

That is a McCord frame grip for bee keeping Honey comb harvesting. It was made by Mccord Manufacturing that was behind the house I grew up in. I jumped the fence to go work there. I made 50,000 Of those. West off the Mississippi it was sold under the McCord name and East of Mississippi sold under Walter T Kelly Name. We use to ship 600 at time to Walter T Kelly. I used them on hives in the apricot orchard McCord manufacturing and pattern shop was on. I saw them and made them from an aluminum Ingot to shipped, molded, hooked, band saw, belt sanded, faced, married drill pressed, racked, lubed, rivet, hammered, lacquered, packed and shipped. Wow!

Too cool! you might have actually made that handle!

GJ never ceases to amaze me!

 

[steaks&anvils]

I thought beekeepers did that by hand to prevent hurting any bees and setting off the colony? At least in all the utube vids I've watched they did it by hand.

Bee keepers were tougher back then. I bet they didn't even take the cigarette out of their mouths as they pulled those frames.

 

[bjohns009]

I thought beekeepers did that by hand to prevent hurting any bees and setting off the colony? At least in all the utube vids I've watched they did it by hand.

Hobby farmers, yes maybe by hand. When your harvesting a ton of combs and hives frame grips work. It’s a matter of gloves on and tight spaces and fineeds don’t work. Netting, smoke, bees everywhere. slideing the grip on the frame often times is only 1/2 inch apar With fingers would be nuts. Its like using pliers to get a grip. Hence the name frame grip. Later Realize you have to use an electric hot knife to cut off the end of the combs on each side before you put it in the spin barrel. You need something to hold that solid. Your dealing with a sticky substance too. Once for combs are in the spin barrel you slowly spin first to get the honey out and than faster as more honey is extracted so you don’t tier the comb. Once it’s 70 % done flip the comb get the last 30% out. Here is the issue combs are sticky now,. You have all your gear on and gloves, masks, smoke, bees moving around. Having a ton of frame grips to use to put back from the carry box to the comb works great. I know I didn’t explain it great, but doing it 5 seasons having the right tools is important. As far as hurting bees. It’s a colony and your gentle as possible, but bees every once in a while get smash, leg or wing broken. The worker bees it happens. You never want to effect the queen or drones because they keep the hive growing.

 

[22george]

Interesting

 

[Forgottonia]

That is a McCord frame grip for bee keeping Honey comb harvesting. It was made by Mccord Manufacturing that was behind the house I grew up in. I jumped the fence to go work there. I made 50,000 Of those. West off the Mississippi it was sold under the McCord name and East of Mississippi sold under Walter T Kelly Name. We use to ship 600 at time to Walter T Kelly. I used them on hives in the apricot orchard McCord manufacturing and pattern shop was on. I saw them and made them from an aluminum Ingot to shipped, molded, hooked, band saw, belt sanded, faced, married drill pressed, racked, lubed, rivet, hammered, lacquered, packed and shipped. Wow!

You might be the world expert on frame grips! Seriously! How many people in the world could know about how these are made?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Great info thanks for posting! That's awesome you made these.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Great you found your answer. I had no doubt the GJ crowd would handle it effectively and efficiently.
What is the deal with Photobucket? Do you receive free pic storage and they get the rights/ownership of your photos.
If not why is their name plastered all over your pics?

 

[gearhead1960]

bjohns009, thanks for the info on that grip.

Miss the Pontiacs, I have no idea why it has the "Photobucket" water mark on the pics as I don't use Photobucket to host pics for GJ. I expect it's a result of moving over to the new format.