Sampling Tool Suggestions for Raw Honey in Drums
Looking for some suggestions on an auger or similar type sampling tool/tools. Specifically, this will be used on raw honey in drums. I need to be able to dig or bore past the wax and get in to get apprx half a pitcher (50oz or so) of raw honey. The honey itself can be anywhere from fully crystalized to your typical high viscosity honey you'd be used to.
Since this is in the 'raw' stage, I'm not looking for pharma level tools (there's dead bees, wood chips, everything else that you would expect in an agriculture good directly off the apiary). Currently we use a small prybar and scoop that into a cup, then fill the pitcher up with the cup. There has got to be a better way...
Miniature post hole digger, or a soil auger bit on a drill would probably work. (normally used for planting flowers and small trees etc.) Honey is probably going to generate some torque resistance comparable to dense wet clay soils.
Probably lots of them around in hardware/garden shops this time of year.
Both great suggestions. I can't tell from the pic on that cheese corer, does it have a cavity to bring up the core or is it a half cavity? I think a half might not grab it good enough.