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    • Removing the Supers
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        • Honey Extraction video
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Honey is filtered before it goes into this bottling machine.

Honey is filtered before it goes into this bottling machine.
© Crerar's Honey Limited

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Honey is filtered before it goes into this bottling machine. Honey is poured through metal mesh and cloth filters into four bulk storage pails. A hobbyist beekeeper pours freshly extracted honey through a filter and into a storage pail. This is the debris left after filtering extracted honey into a bulk container.

Filtering

After the honey has been extracted from the frames, it goes through a series of filters. Some operations filter under pressure, while others rely simply on gravity. The process ensures that no dead bees or other impurities, such as wax, end up in the honey.

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