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Don Gunness has proved the skeptics wrong. He’s also proven the power of believing in your own ideas. 2 decades ago, the Abercrombie beekeeper and farmer began producing a device to extract honey more easily.
Some of his neighbors laughed at the invention, known as the Dakota Gunness Uncapper, and predicted it would be a failure. But beekeepers worldwide are now using the machine, and Gunness is vindicated.
‘It was a gift of God,’ he said of his creation. ‘That’s what I always say when people ask me where the idea came from.’
A little background:
Bees seal the honeycomb cells containing honey with wax for storage. The wax seal must be removed before honey can be extracted.
When Don Gunness and his wife, Alice, entered the apiary business, they used a machine they purchased to do the job, but the machine didn’t work well, causing delays and frustration.
‘I told him, ‘Either you make this work or else you build one that does. There’s no way I’ll keep this up if you don’t,” Alice said.
He later patented his invention, which removes the wax seal from the end of honeycomb cells. Read full story.
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