Jules59
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2018
- Messages
- 302
- Reaction score
- 205
- Location
- North Warwickshire
- Hive Type
- WBC
- Number of Hives
- 5
Im in my 4th year of beekeeping and have on average 3 hives.
I would like to have a more consistent honey product especially in terms of rate of crystallisation, as mine does seem to crystallise quite quickly . But I'm not sure if it possible as I think so much depends on what is being grown around me. (OSR has almost disappeared this year and linseed has taken its place).
However I'm open to suggestions.
For Info: I use a simple de-capping fork, a 4 frame tangential extractor, the common two metal sieves (approx 1800 and 600microns I believe). I store the honey in plastic buckets, measure the water %, and remove the top scum before jarring at 2-5 days. I don't usually heat the honey. (But I have used a warmer on occasions set to 40C).
Anybody got any suggestions to "improve" my honey ?
What do people think about cone filters?
I tried a 200micron one and it takes ages to filter even warmed honey and clogs up very quickly (after about 5kg of honey) and I'm not convinced it improved the honey in any way.
I would like to have a more consistent honey product especially in terms of rate of crystallisation, as mine does seem to crystallise quite quickly . But I'm not sure if it possible as I think so much depends on what is being grown around me. (OSR has almost disappeared this year and linseed has taken its place).
However I'm open to suggestions.
For Info: I use a simple de-capping fork, a 4 frame tangential extractor, the common two metal sieves (approx 1800 and 600microns I believe). I store the honey in plastic buckets, measure the water %, and remove the top scum before jarring at 2-5 days. I don't usually heat the honey. (But I have used a warmer on occasions set to 40C).
Anybody got any suggestions to "improve" my honey ?
What do people think about cone filters?
I tried a 200micron one and it takes ages to filter even warmed honey and clogs up very quickly (after about 5kg of honey) and I'm not convinced it improved the honey in any way.