A large commercial beekeeper recently said he uses settling tanks, sufficent
to hold a days honey harvest, instead of a filter system. He decants the
previous day's harvest before begining for the day. All the wax, debris, wings,
dead bees etc float to the top. By drawing off the honey on the bottom and not
too much near the debis on the top, filtered honey in effect is removed. Anyone
had experience with such a nifty idea?

I have a 1000 pound settling tank with just a drain hole on the bottom and a
tightly sealed cover. Do I simple pump the honey high over the top of the tank
and back through the bottom drain hole to get the honey into the tank? And
with sufficent valves drain it from the bottom hole also?

Help! Need help configuring a settling tank.

Rick Green
8 Hickory Grove Lane
Ballston Lake, NY 12019
(518) 384-2539
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