From: "Joe Miller (Bethel NC USA)  "I  might just get a second double screen
and bucket), and anything else..."

Sounds like you need a settling tank or two.  Then you can just tip the
extracted honey in without slowing for filtering, wait 3 days and bottle
down to the tap level with all the bits just floating in the tank - or sunk
to the bottom. A tank also lets air bubbles rise, so your jars are clear of
scum.  That way you only have to filter what is finally left in
the tank below the tap - which I keep myself as 'family honey' to save the
trouble needed to get that bit up to sale standard.
A settling tank need only be a 5 gallon plastic brewing bucket made for home
beer making plus a honey tap from the suppliers.  Two tanks works for 20
hives if you like to spread extracting steaily over say two or three weeks -
more would be needed for just one concentrated effort, or perhaps even a
vacuum filter set to speed up filtering but in UK they are pricey.

It will be interesting to hear what others think is worth the money if you
are keeping bees for extra income.

Robin Dartington

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