Question for Micheal Bush -Crush and Strain

[DennisB]

Micheal,

I noticed on your website that you show the 2 bucket filtering of the honey from the comb. What is that cloth you show? Is that cheesecloth or something else that is stronger?  Thanks

Dennis

[Romahawk]

Don't know what Micheal uses but I go to the local paint store and get the strainer cloth for a 5 gallon bucket. Works great for me.

[bassman1977]

Those stainless steel double sieves are expensive but worth every penny.

[randydrivesabus]

some bee supply places sell plastic strainers that fit into the top of a 5 gallon bucket very nicely.

[tillie]

I use the set of three that I bought from Dadant:
https://www.dadant.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=422  This is with a bucket, but I think you can buy them alone.

I tried a paint strainer and you have to make sure it is only one layer of cloth or the honey will not strain through.

There's a picture of using the filters for crush and strain on my blog:

http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2007/06/honey-harvest-crush-and-strain.html

Linda T in Atlanta

[Kathyp]

i ran mine through two sizes of kitchen strainer.  large, then mesh.  then i pored all the honey through cheese cloth.  it came out pretty clean.  i did have a few problems.  the biggest thing is MAKE SURE YOUR ROOM IS WARM!!!!!  if you look at the  dates on these posts, you can see that it took me quite a long time, but it was a lot of honey and gunky comb from a cutout.

http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=14035.msg101849#msg101849

[abates99]

After watching Tillie's video I bought the bucket and strainers from dadant and it worked well for me.

[Michael Bush]

The best is probably a kind of nylon taffeta cloth, but in the case of the picture it was cheesecloth.  Cheesecloth isn't the best as it leave little bits of fiber that become seeds for crystals and cause the honey to crystallize sooner.

[DennisB]

thanks guys all the info was very helpful. I have an older 2 frame extractor but sometimes the crush and strain was easier to use. Linda, I saw your videos and they worked fine. You have excellent stuff there on your site, I have recommended it a lot. Thanks.

Dennis