> I've never had trouble straining before, but even after several strainings
> with mesh and cloth, there are still lots of black specks floating around
> in my honey.
Hi Tim,
 I recently finished a 7 year contract as the technical adviser to the
Quebec commercial beekeepers, and one of my projects was honey quality. I do
not have time to explain everything but we did have trouble with specks,
often stuck on the underside of the lid of the jar. We came to the
conclusion that these specks were capping wax from dark combs which went
through a 80 mesh screen diagonally and were visible to the naked eye. The
simplest way to avoid the problem was a good settling. After extracting and
passing through a good sump tank the honey should be settled in a large
reservoir (tank) for at least 3 days at 30oC. This allows most of the
impurities to either float to the top or settle to the bottom. I myself do
not extract from brood combs and therefore never have this problem. A
specialist in filtering told me that we can see particles after 100 micron
filtering and recommended 50 micron filters. The 80 mesh for Canada No.1 is
177 micron. So you see that we are a long way from removing visible
particles.
Good luck, Peter