This setup will suffice to do honey straining and bottling for any hobbyist. Made from two food safe 5-gallon pails, the upper one has small holes in the bottom while the lower one has a strainer assembly at the top and honey gate valve at the bottom. Simply cut up the honeycombs from your harvested hive bodies into the upper pail and allow them to drain overnight. In the morning you can start bottling the delicious honey!

The strainer assembly is durable, washable and reusable, but will eventually need to be replaced. It's a good idea to have a spare on hand, which is available from a drop-down menu above.

You can also choose to add a 110-volt, 3-inch aluminum heater strap to the unit. The heater strap clamps around the lower portion of the upper bucket in order to gently heat the wax/honey mixture, helping to separate from honey from the wax and allowing it to flow much more quickly into the lower bucket. Without the heater strap, it can take a few to several days (depending on the thickness of the honey) to get all of the honey to drain into the lower bucket.

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