I’m beginning to get an inkling of what I’ve gotten myself into.
Today I unpacked the Honey Filtering System I bought from Brushy Mountain Bee Farm. I now am the proud owner of:
· A food-grade white plastic 5-gallon bucket
· Another just like it, except that it has a hole in the side of it
· A honey gate (fancy name for a valve) to screw into the hole
· Three strainers—200, 400, and 600-grade (coarse, medium, and fine-mesh)
· A pail holder, a heavy contraption to stick over the rim of one of the pails so I can balance the other pail at an angle to drain the honey out.
· And a screw-on lid to make it easier to get the 5-gallon bucket open when it’s filled with 60 pounds of honey.
The trouble is, if I put the strainers over the bottom bucket, I can’t put the pail holder on the edge without piercing the mesh (not a recommended idea). Do I need another bucket?
And I started to wash out the buckets – but I don’t have a sink deep enough to hold them. Do I clean them in the bathtub?
No wonder beekeepers build honey houses to hold all their equipment.
Help!
BEEattitude for Day # 228:
Blessed are those who ask questions when they need to, for they shall figure out how to deal with all the honey we will produce.
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