Warming up a pail of honey

[john moran]

Does anyone have any ingenious methods for warming up a 5 gallon bucket? I extracted it to a bucket with a small spigot like one you'd see on a water dispenser but of course once the honey cooled off to room temps it won't flow into the containers. I'll try putting it in the sun this weekend but I'm not sure if that will do the trick. I'd like to run it through a strainer one more time.

Hillbilly John.

[sarah swanson]

Hiya John, if you've got one, how about using an aquarium heater
plunged into the honey?

If you do simply try using the sun, wrap the bucket in something black
so that minimal energy is reflected.

Good luck!
Sarah

PS... This is my first post to the group, I need to thank you all for
your enlightening discussions here! Keep up the good work :)

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[Paul Zelenski]

I think an aquarium heater will get to hot and scorch the honey.

You could set the bucket on a hot pad or wrap a hot pad or that pipe warming tape around the bucket.

If there is any sun, though, I would think that would work like a charm.

On Jul 13, 2012 10:11 AM, "john moran" <barabo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone have any ingenious methods for warming up a 5 gallon bucket? I extracted it to a bucket with a small spigot like one you'd see on a water dispenser but of course once the honey cooled off to room temps it won't flow into the containers. I'll try putting it in the sun this weekend but I'm not sure if that will do the trick. I'd like to run it through a strainer one more time.

Hillbilly John.

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[Marker Ramsey]

John, you have to be careful about heating honey. Even a little bit of heat will degrade the subtle flavors that separate your premium honey from mega market swill.

?HoW about, drill a bigger hole and attaching a honey gate, couple of bucks from any supplier, try Capital City Bee Supplies.  

Or letting it set out on any day above 90 degrees should work.

Much success

beeoptimistic 

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[Walt]

I don't think an aquarium heater is the way to go. Most aquarium heaters are preset to not go above 90 degrees F., and most are way too small to heat a 5 gallon bucket of honey in any reasonable length of time. I also think most aquarium fish, salt or fresh water are killed above 90 degrees F.

    

As far as putting the bucket out in the sun, what if we weren't so "lucky" to have ambient temperatures around 90 degrees or above at this time of year?

 

If you choose this way of extracting, filtering and bottling; you have to have a plan ahead of time as to how you're going to go about it. Most beekeeping suppliers offer a heat band/belt that goes around these 5 gallon buckets that will heat the honey to 110-120 degrees F.

[John]

I put my five gallon pail in a sunny spot the other day and in a few hours the unfiltered honey/wax mix flowed readily. I've just jarred up 4 gallons.

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John Reiser

[Marker Ramsey]

!!!!awesome.

[blu...@madtown.net]

John,

I use a water bath in big canner pan on the stove. You can get them at Farm and Fleet for around $20. Heat your honey to 100 to 120 dgrees F. and it will flow very nicely and quickly through a nylon cloth filter.

Dale 

[john moran]

I ended up solving the issue with a bucket with a larger gate. Did not run it thru any filter or anything and sure enough, the honey is plenty clean. We had initially run it thru a sieve when we extracted it so that worked well.

Thanks all!