Cook & Beals, Inc.

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Cook & Beals, Inc. corporation papers were filed on November 19, 1964 but the business history goes back to approximately 1959. That is when Max Cook, with the financial assistance from J.D. Beals (both beekeepers) and Jim Kuehl's labor formed a partnership and began manufacturing the automatic uncapping machine. This machine for uncapping honey combs, although with many changes, is still being manufactured today. Max & Jim worked together for the next few years building and selling uncappers and working on some ideas Max had for another piece of machinery--a machine to separate the fine wax particles (created by the uncapping process) from the honey. From this need, the Spin Float Honey Wax Separator was invented. The Separator was awarded U.S. and Canadian patents in approximately 1965. The Separator worked better when the mixture of honey and wax was warm, so they invented the Heat Exchange Unit. All of this sounds very simple... but far from it. Honey and beeswax are very unique products of nature. These special handling problems, with honey production being a seasonal event, all experimenting had to be done on a limited amount of product an a short time period. These two pieces of machinery are treasured by honey producers all around the world. Due to Max's failing health, he was forced to retire and Jim Kuehl purchased Cook & Beals, Inc. on May 1, 1969. Cook & Beals, Inc. continued to grow with the beekeeping industry in the U.S. and the rest of the world...

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