A panty hose stretched over a 30 lb bucket works fine for me,when the
bucket is full,I leave it overnight,by the next day the pantyhose with the
wax will be
floating to the surface,I hang it up over the bucket to get all the honey out.
 
 
Frank Battistolo
Victoria
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At 05:17 PM 10/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone fine-filter honey direct from the extractor?  I only have 3 hives
>at the moment, but my experience is that honey straight from the extractor is
>too cool to run through the finish filter.  It just clogs too quickly.
>
>I've thought of 2 possibilities:
>
>1. Heat the honey as it flows from the extractor.  This will enable it to be
>   filtered more readily.
>
>2. Batch heat the honey after extracting is complete.  Any of the conventional
>   tank or bucket heaters could then be used.  Filtering would then be done
>   when the honey reached the desired temperature.
>
>What are peoples thoughts on the quickest and most cost efficient means of
>filtering on a small scale?  How many hives might one need to manage before
>a higher capacity method might be required?
>
>Thanks in advance.  I'll look forward to reading responses the 1st of the week.
>
>Mike Swintosky
>Dellroy, Ohio
>
>
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