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Offline barry42001

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First gallon of honey
« on: November 06, 2014, 10:32:17 am »

Still needs to be filtered a second time, but represents only 4.5 frames from weaker hive, still have 2 deeps to extract ( yeah I know been lazy even by my standards ;) ) early light honey will be there am looking forward to seeing that again this would be Spanish needle honey, acres and acres of it within 1/2 of a mile.
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2014, 10:38:55 am »
i am going to steal scott's line........WOOT!!!   :D

very cool barry!
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2014, 10:41:31 am »
Thank you, RB need to get that white honey before the girls move it to the brood chambers lol.
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2014, 12:47:42 pm »
Good going. Now, if you can keep the 4 wheelers off the hives.   >:(   :o
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2014, 12:49:58 pm »
YUM!  ;D
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2014, 01:00:47 pm »
lol indeed Iddee, did sorta set things back a bit.  Thanks
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2014, 01:31:26 pm »
@Barry:
What was the filter size on your first filtering, and what size filter do you use for the final product?

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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2014, 02:40:20 pm »
Course tea strainer don't know mesh size, have second  finer strainer gonna laugh, used nylon stocking before, worked  very well
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2014, 02:52:45 pm »
Dear Barry  :) Need pictorial on how to get honey into nylon stocking
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2014, 03:50:01 pm »
No issues.  Cut about 6 inches off toe end, roll edges of nylon over mouth of jar, pull enough slack up until only about  2 inches protrude in to the jar, rubber band it in place....still want video tutorial! :P
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2014, 03:55:28 pm »
 :) So you strain into Gallon jug first, then follow the same example into smaller jars giving the second strain?
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Re: First gallon of honey
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2014, 05:56:00 pm »
Yes this way I am happy that honey is as sediment free as I can make it. Use the double straining method for awhile. Note haven't used nylon stocking for years since I have equipment on hand.
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