alynewbee
House Bee
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2011
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- Location
- Near Rotherham
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 2
Hi All,
I've extracted a super of honey (my first - Hurrah!) I borrowed my BKA's extractor. The honey was very runny so I filtered it straight out of the extractor through a double steel filter and it went through no problem. So now I have a bucket of honey that I want to filter more finely. I bought a nylon filter cloth from Thornes but the honey is going through it incredibly slowly. I've filtered three jars in just under four days. I'm doing it in my airing cupboard which is pretty warm (I put a thermometer in there to check it out and it got up to 28 degrees). I'd really appreciate any advice. I don't have a honey warmer and the cost of hiring one I think might be a bit much considering I've only got one super to extract. What do you folk think about bottling it after just the double steel filtering? Not any obvious 'bees knees' in it as far as I can see.
Many thanks for any tips.
Alyson
I've extracted a super of honey (my first - Hurrah!) I borrowed my BKA's extractor. The honey was very runny so I filtered it straight out of the extractor through a double steel filter and it went through no problem. So now I have a bucket of honey that I want to filter more finely. I bought a nylon filter cloth from Thornes but the honey is going through it incredibly slowly. I've filtered three jars in just under four days. I'm doing it in my airing cupboard which is pretty warm (I put a thermometer in there to check it out and it got up to 28 degrees). I'd really appreciate any advice. I don't have a honey warmer and the cost of hiring one I think might be a bit much considering I've only got one super to extract. What do you folk think about bottling it after just the double steel filtering? Not any obvious 'bees knees' in it as far as I can see.
Many thanks for any tips.
Alyson