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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Jen on August 04, 2014, 03:10:50 pm
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This is the honey comb that I was able to salvage from my first cut out. It's been sitting in the garage fridge for awhile. I went on a 6 day coastal trip with my girlfriend and when I came back this is what hubby set up for the crush and strain method, minus the crush. It get warmed up during the day and drains much faster than in the garage.
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I need to strain it one more time after this draining in done. There was another post about a cotton sack/bag that other beeks use to do their final strain. Can you guys remind me of what that bag is? Thanks ;D
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Paint strainer bag from a paint or hardware store. Comes in 1 gal. and 5 gal. sizes.
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That's It! Thanks Mr. Wizard! kisshugpatpatpat
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Cheesecloth works well not as expensive.
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Hi Barry :) I do have cheese cloth and thought of using it. Do you use chees cloth?
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Cheese cloth works well, but not if you are entering a honey contest. It leaves small bits of the cheese cloth in the honey and they dock points for them.
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Okay then, if I buy a paint strainer thingee then when I'm done straining I can throw the strainer into the wash machine right?
Good info, but not planning on entering any honey this year, I'll be burying it in the back yard :D
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I just rinse it off to dilute the honey and flick the page to get rid of any wax partials.
Break up the comb to let it release the honey honey will not flow out of the cells very well.Put it in the paint bag to drain. once it is broken up.
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Before I bought a extractor, used cheesecloth, never noticed anything I remember as cloth particles alway used with a strainer.
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Apis- "I just rinse it off to dilute the honey and flick the page to get rid of any wax partials.
Skeuz me ???
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To clean the bag. the paint strainer And I'm not calling you one.
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You can call me a bag, just don't call me old :laugh:
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No buy a new one and save it. Next year you can use the old bag again.
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Wha....? did you just call me an old bag?? :o
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No go back and re-read
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I dunno Apis.. Hubby just came in the comp room and was wondering what was so funny! I told him it's just the way Apis and I communicate.. :D
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Have to go into work its been a hoot. By Jen
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;)
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aha! I wondered what thread Apis was calling you an old bag in... Just found it!!
I seem to suddenly miss a lot of posts, and dont find them till I click the show ALL unread posts.. anyhow....
I use screens.. #8 hardware cloth, standard window screen, and an 800 micron screen.. I have the finer screens, 500 and 200 I think, but the local nature lovers living a town over want it ALL natural.. which is fine by me, I like it that way too. I use the cheesecloth for filtering the wax when I render it ;D
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Scott- "I seem to suddenly miss a lot of posts, and dont find them till I click the show ALL unread posts.. anyhow....
That's all I ever click on, am I missing a step somewhere? I figured All Unread Posts was the most current...
This method hubby set up worked great, and then I did use cheesecloth to finish it off. Very happy with this batch of honey.
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alrighty....cheesecloth..........depends on what you what want for a final product........?
i would not use or recommend cheese cloth to strain honey. (better use is for straining wax).
paint strainer bags are a great initial straining for honey. when i extract, the honey comes out of the extractor through a nylon filter bag similar to the paint strainer bag, and also a double sieve. once settled, i strain once more, or once additionally, with a very fine nylon material purchased from my supplier; the strained honey is crystal clear. ;)
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Thanks for that Riv :) I wasn't too concerned about this cut out honey being that strained, just needed to get it out of the garage fridge. Hubby was getting annoyed not being able to fit his cold pack in without a lot of fuss, so he started the process whilst I was basking at the coast.
However, when the day comes that I can sell my honey down town, I'll be straining it more thoroughly.... or not. Not sure yet ;)
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the one I am talking about is when there are no unread posts under "Show new replies to your posts." OR "Show unread posts since last visit." When either of those is empty it asks you to try ALL unread posts.. I click on that and find a LOT of posts I have never seen before.
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Cool! Yep, that's exactly what I've been doing, well... forever... where have you been?
seriously snarking, must be all the smoke in the air... sorry :P
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I've been looking for a post like this. I have a friend that works in a lumber mill and he runs the main saw. One day a few years ago he sawed through a bee tree that the logger accidentally sent in. There were no bees left in it but there was honey. The mill workers scrambled to collect the honey comb and filled a 5 gal bucket. I will be visiting him soon with a paint strainer. Thanks a lot!
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Sure thing Bella, it's pretty easy, just takes time to let the honey drain. Give youtube a try as well, there are vids on how others do the 'crush and strain' ;)