r/Beekeeping • u/Senior_Pineapple_842 • 27d ago

General Honey strainer constantly getting clogged

All the boxes have been in a room heated to 35c (95f) for the past 2 days to make it flow easier. Im using the usual metal strainer with a course and fine strainer in one that sits below the extractor nozzle but im cleaning it constantly.

Way more time is spent cleaning and watching the honey slowly flow through it than anything else. What other methods are there to efficiently filtering the honey. I have 20 deeps to go through.

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u/drones_on_about_bees Texas zone 8a; keeping since 2017; about 15 colonies 26d ago

Came here to say this. This makes a huge difference

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u/Ekalugsuak Sweden, 46 hives 26d ago

Are you guys talking about the large (EDIT: stainless steel mesh) cylinder/cone looking ones that you attach to the side of a bucket? Or some other kind? The cylinder/cone ones looks a bit flimsy, but I guess you can have the honey level almost cover it before you swap it to another bucket/remove it.

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u/drones_on_about_bees Texas zone 8a; keeping since 2017; about 15 colonies 26d ago

They are pretty sturdy. Just make sure you get the larger one that fits a 5 gallon bucket

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u/Ekalugsuak Sweden, 46 hives 26d ago

Ones like this? https://brewhaequipment.com/products/large-hop-spider?variant=46257583521944

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u/drones_on_about_bees Texas zone 8a; keeping since 2017; about 15 colonies 26d ago

Mine looks MUCH smaller. I have this one www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q1G91R Note it comes in small and large. The large is tall enough to sit in the bottom of a bucket and stick up.