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Your cart is empty.BB05: The BB05 is an insulated band-style pail heater specifically designed to fit a 5-gallon bucket/pail. The heater is built for use with 120 volts AC, drawing 1 amp thus producing 120 watts. It has a fixed internal low level thermostat set to maintain a temperature of 100 F / 37 C ( 10 F/5 C). The BB05 band-style insulated pail heaters allow you to safely control the temperature of your honey. It delivers a barrier of uniform directional heat where its needed most to help with extraction and crystallization while maintaining optimal temperatures. This innovative heat-spreading technology insulates, protects and maintains just the right amount of heat for your honey. If youre in the business of honey, then lend us an ear, because our Bee Blanket is going to answer some of the common problems you deal with in the honey industry. For example, we know that working with honey effectively is a matter of maintaining the proper viscosity. But heating honey through traditional methods poses two common problems. You could cook out the enzymes and antioxidants that make it so good for us, and you can even end up burning it. Thats why Powerblanket has designed the Bee Blanket, a solution specific to the honey sector. The difference with the Powerblanket heating solution is that it maintains the same temperature as a hive. With our low-level internal thermostats, you dont have to worry about heating your honey too much. The Powerblanket Bee Blanket keeps your honey at hive temperatures so that it wont lose nutrients or burn. The Bee Blanket is the new gold standard honey heater. Powerblanket - The Bees Knees in Heating Blankets: . Bee Blanket BB05 Features. Cinch straps to secure tight fit . Blanket temperature goes from ambient to 90-110F. One uniform heat zone . Highly efficient design saves time and energy . Water-resistant. Works on both poly and steel buckets/pails. Prevent overheating your honey and help minimize crystallization . Keeps your honey at hive temperatures so you don't lose nutrients . Certified by ETL to UL CSA safety standards .
dj food stamp
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
Rarely will I write a product review. However, as a small level bee farmer I thought this may be helpful.This thing works! It liquefies honey in a bucket. However, it gets too hot. It says it heats to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (too hot for me), but it’s more like 115 degrees. If you don’t care about raw honey this won’t matter. I do.I suggest you get a temp controller where you can set the temperature and it will regulate the electrical current and thus the temperature. For me, this is 95 degrees or hive temperature. I set on 95, put a piece of foam insulation under the bucket, tin foil on top, and use a really big spoon for making mead or wine to stir it twice daily. Takes about 2-4 days but your honey is raw.I used a past review for jars. I put a towel down, place the blanket down flat. Put 12 jars on one side of it. Fold the bee blanket over the top and strap down. Put the other half of the towel over it to hold in the heat. Set the temp on my temp controller to 95 and let it go for 2-4 days and it works great.I like this product. Works great. But if you sell or want raw honey, you HAVE to use a temperature regulator.
Eika373
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
I’ve had an older version of this blanket for just over 3 years. It stopped working, which is disappointing, but I ordered a new one to replace it. I selected the one with the gate valve option and I just received the regular. I’m hoping if I order again, I will receive one with gate valve and I can send this one back. These blankets are great for liquefying a 5 gallon bucket of crystallized, honey so we can jar it.
Connor
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2024
Works great for decrystallizing honey. I like the 110 degree heat threshold that doesn’t degrade you honey like higher temps can.
Brad Krezan
Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2024
Purchased 2023 and this is what happened! Easily could have burnt down my facility.No way to contact seller!
jerry murphy
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024
So heres to a decent/even good product. I wish the version with spigot cut out came with an adjustable thermostat, however its not really necessary. This years crop started crystalizing almost immediately after harvest, so i purchased this to liquefy it up for bottling. Worked like a charm. First batch left on for 72 hrs and it worked like a charm. I didnt think to check accual temp of honey, however it wasnt to hot to the tongue 😁. My only problem was that it didnt do much with the bottom lets say 1" in the bucket.. it was liquefied but still gritty and opaque. Next bucket I left for a week what with the holidays and all... but once again I still ended up with my last 4 or jars gritty and opaque. Guess ill buy a fermentation warmer pad in the future... Another plus for this blanket is i also did a case of jars from a few years ago.. First i tried just placing them on blanket with no results.. but then after 3 days of nothing i decided to cover them with a towel, and voila, the next day they were clear and runny as harvest day... In conclusion, yes I would recommend this product for the hobbiest beek who doesnt have access to a heated honey house, or doesnt feel like spending the money on building a "cabinet" type warmer.
Victoria
Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2023
One thing to note is it wont work as well in a cold room. The room should be warm or at least room temperature for the Bee Blanket to be most effective.
Diana
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
I purchased this item to heat barrels of honey. We had another bee blanket that worked great. This item was totally different in regards to their numbers with it, 800W, 120V and it didn't work at all! It's possible that it may keep your honey warm after heating it up with something else but what would be the point of having to use two different things.Too much money for something that doesn't work well at all!!
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2021
This blanket worked great for the first 3-4 months and then we went to go open up our drum of honey and it had burnt almost half a 45 gallon drum of honey that now is garbage.Not impressed for the amount of money we lost, the honey we lost and now a blanket that does not work.
Victor Lajide
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2021
The Product is good, and it is working well as expected.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2021
Bought this for 5 gallon buckets.A fully crystalized bucket takes about 5-7 days to liquify. However after about 2 days you could transfer the honey to a heated bottler with no hassle. Things speed up if you stir it once the sides loosen up. Ive been using this one years. I store it flat and dont move it around much i think it might last forever.
Rod
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2019
I had some thick honey that I harvested in the late winter from a hive whose bees died over the winter. It was in a 400 micron strainer in the top of the bucket, and it just wouldn't strain because it was too thick. I put on the Bee Blanket and set the bucket on a seed starting mat. It took more than a day to start softening up, so I moved the the Bee Blanket up higher on the bucket, even with the top and put another heating mat on top. That did it!Attaching the Bee Blanket around the bucket handle was a bit awkward and probably lost a lot of heat, but it worked. The cutout for the valve is a great asset, also.
Mark
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2016
I'm just a small amateur beekeeper looking for a good way to warm my 5-gallon pails of honey safely and efficiently. So when I spotted the BeeBlanket on Amazon it looked like something that might work well for me.My order arrived quickly (thanks Amazon Prime) and after a quick inspection it was wrapped around a full pail for warming. After 24 hours my honey went from 62°F to a nice 104°F in a room with an ambient temperature of roughly 68°F throughout the process. Also, I placed my cold pail on a chunk of ridgid foam insulation to minimize heat transfer from the cold floor.Admittedly I haven't warmed a stone-cold pail of crystallized honey with it, that will be later. Warming and re-liquefying a 5-gallon pail of honey would be a multi-day project in my estimation. Slow and steady like the bees...So far I'm impressed with the BeeBlanket and it's working good for my purposes. 104° honey is easy to strain and bottle plus it's safe for the honey! Using a 120 watt insulated blanket seems efficient to me and it worked quite well. My Kill-A-Watt meter is currently monitoring the power consumption so I'll update this review later.PowerBlanket also offers a version of the BeeBlanket that has a cutout for a honey gate (BB05GV) so that's on my wishlist for the future.UPDATE: After running my BeeBlanket for a full 24 hours on a cool bucket of honey my Kill-A-Watt meter gave me a daily cost of 0.08/day for an operating cost. (Power rate here is 0.102/kh) Seems like that's a pretty reasonable way to warm 5 gallons of honey. I'm sold on this!
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