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[Eyeman]

I am considering this for the near future. Useful to include a mechanism to tip the bucket, incrementally up to 45 degrees or so to avoid getting scum in the jars from the surface of the honey in the bucket.
I apologise if you have this but it is not visible in the photo to my eyes.


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I remove 90+% of the surface scum using a large serving spoon after the honey bucket has been in the warmer. What's left ends only on a few jars. I sell my honey as 'strained' and not filtered so any jars with some surface scum usually sells first.
Tilting it forwards when near the bottom of the bucket allows one to get the last bit of honey into the jar- I do the tilting by hand.
What did you have in mind as a mechanism to incrementally tilt the bucket?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

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I remove 90+% of the surface scum using a large serving spoon after the honey bucket has been in the warmer. What's left ends only on a few jars. I sell my honey as 'strained' and not filtered so any jars with some surface scum usually sells first.
Tilting it forwards when near the bottom of the bucket allows one to get the last bit of honey into the jar- I do the tilting by hand.
What did you have in mind as a mechanism to incrementally tilt the bucket?

just cover the whole surface with a sheet of clingfilm, gently pat it down, pinch the middle of the film with thumb and forefinger then quicky lift the whole thing up and into a bowl held in the other hand. honey surface then clean.

 

[alldigging]

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What did you have in mind as a mechanism to incrementally tilt the bucket?

We have some wooden dowels that were in a plate rack under neath the bit that lifts up and then blocks with Vs in to go between that and a bottom bar.

 

[alfazer]

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What did you have in mind as a mechanism to incrementally tilt the bucket?

One of the big suppliers sells a wooden tilting device to set the bucket on. It's hinged at one side and has a spring underneath. As the bucket empties and gets lighter, it tilts further and further. A common principle for tipping vessels in industry too; I've even seen them for IBC tanks.
Would be easy to make.

 

[Eyeman]

just cover the whole surface with a sheet of clingfilm, gently pat it down, pinch the middle of the film with thumb and forefinger then quicky lift the whole thing up and into a bowl held in the other hand. honey surface then clean.

I've tried the cling film but because mine isn't filtered the scum layer's very thick so it leave a lot behind.

 

[Swarm]

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Finally got round to making a stand for my honey bucket so that the scales now fit under the tap.
Slow but definite progress!

I have a nest of tables, the big one does exactly the same job as that stand

 

[Eyeman]

I have a nest of tables, the big one does exactly the same job as that stand

I use to use something knocking around the house until I got found out!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I have a nest of tables

How long did they take to hatch?

 

[user 6228]

How long did they take to hatch?

tsk tsk they emerge not hatch!

 

[colinc]

Two pieces of board like the one you have on top and a dowel prop with a few stops to increase angle as bucket empties. Lip near hinge to stop bucket sliding off.


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[G4WIL]

We have some wooden dowels that were in a plate rack under neath the bit that lifts up and then blocks with Vs in to go between that and a bottom bar.

Child’s school chair . Tilt forwards . The back prevents the bucket from sliding forwards when in tilt position .



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[Madge]

... I sell my honey as 'strained' and not filtered so any jars with some surface scum usually sells first. ...

What is the difference between ‘strained’ and ‘filtered’?


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[G4WIL]

What is the difference between ‘strained’ and ‘filtered’?


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Nothing . Each word is an alternative for the other !


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[Hivemaker.]

What is the difference between ‘strained’ and ‘filtered’?

Kitta, I think the answer will be the same as the one in your thread on the Scottish forum on 8-11-2012 Title...Straining or filtering.

Unable to put link, but these were two of the answers....

In industry, a strainer is used to remove coarse particles and a filter is used to remove much finer particles. Strainers tend to be mesh , whilst Filters are supplied in all sorts of materials and can remove particles down to very small micron sizes. Filter your coffee and strain your "greens".

I presume they mean that the honey just goes through a mesh by gravity rather than any industrial process where honey can be forced through 'filters' at temperature and pressure.

Some forms of ultra filtration can remove all traces of pollen.

Also...could be out of date by now though....http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1348/pdfs/uksi_20151348_en.pdf

 

[Eyeman]

“filtered honey” means honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matters in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen; [/QUOTE

Interesting what the regs say about filtered honey.
Mine is strained through a sieve so minimal removal of pollen

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

You'd have to have a bleddy fine sieve to trap pollen - invisible to the naked eye!

 

[Madge]

Kitta, I think the answer will be the same as the one in your thread on the Scottish forum on 8-11-2012 Title...Straining or filtering. ...

Thanks HM. I remember having asked it before (but not the answer)! I’ll remember the distinction by thinking about coffee filters.

It bothers me though (a bit like ‘raw’ honey) because, with that definition, who among us use filters? Aren’t we all just ‘straining’ our honey?

Kitta


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[Gilberdyke John]

Thanks HM. I remember having asked it before (but not the answer)! I’ll remember the distinction by thinking about coffee filters.

It bothers me though (a bit like ‘raw’ honey) because, with that definition, who among us use filters? Aren’t we all just ‘straining’ our honey?

Kitta


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Don't worry the public at large haven't any idea of the finer nuances.

 

[pargyle]

I made a new strainer for cappings and any bits of comb that come away during extraction. £2 worth of stainless steel bolts (pack of 10 from Toolstation), I already had the matching nuts from another project, a piece of stainless steel varroa mesh left over that was not big enough for a mesh floor and a food grade bucket. I have one of those double strainers for the finer sieving this is just to take the larger bits of wax out and it's a bigger volume. Working well so far ... meets my usual expectations - cheap and simple !

 

[Uncle Betty]

Made five underfloor entrances today based on article in An Beachaire of last April.

Tip of the hat to JBM for that.