Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer is selected when an assembly or process calls for straining extracted honey through a coarse then fine stainless screen to remove wax cappings and bee debris before bottling. This application guide to the FDA 21 CFR / EU 1935/2004 food contact type covers concrete end-uses, the specification checklist, correct installation, and where an alternative mesh or filter medium performs better.
Typical Applications for Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer
Where Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer is specified and bought:
- Beekeeping suppliers: double sieves sized to 5-gallon buckets.
- Small honey packers: pre-bottling straining.
- Hobby apiaries: harvest kits with extractor and uncapping tools.
- Maple & syrup producers: coarse straining before final filtering.
How to Specify Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer for Your Application
- Bucket fit: Telescopic arms or the top diameter must suit the bucket rim.
- Mesh pair: 12-mesh upper catches wax; 50-mesh lower gives clean honey; 100-mesh for show-quality clarity.
- Material: Stainless steel, because honey is mildly acidic and galvanized parts contaminate it.
- Standard: Quote FDA 21 CFR / EU 1935/2004 food contact and the size designation from the table on the product page, plus any value you changed in the technical drawing.
Handling & Installation Practice
- Strain honey warm (about 35 °C); cold honey barely moves through 50-mesh.
- Rinse the screens with warm, not hot, water to dissolve honey without melting wax into the weave.
Common Selection Mistakes with Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer
- Using only a fine screen, which blinds instantly with wax cappings.
- Heating honey above 40 °C to speed straining, which damages flavor and enzymes.
Where Honey & Beekeeping Double Strainer Is Not the Right Choice
Not a pollen-removing ultrafilter — commercial "ultra-filtered" honey uses pressure filtration, not gravity screens.
