Bottling HONEY the EASY Way | MAXANT Bottling Tank

[@ECP]

Great Video Bruce love that TANK

[@brucesbees]

Yes. It is worth the money but it took me a long time, like years, to pull the trigger!

[@johniac7078]

My next purchase. I actually live down the street from Maxant. Really cool place and nice people.

[@brucesbees]

Yes it is well worth the money IMO.

[@beasbeesrva2615]

Thanks for the video. A Maxant 16 gallon bottler is on my wish list for next year. Need the bees to pay for it with this year's honey sales.

[@brucesbees]

Maybe they will. You will love it!

[@hootervillehoneybees8664]

Love my maxant extractor

[@brucesbees]

Yes I love my extractor and this bottling tank has been a complete game changer!

[@KajunHomestead]

Nice bottling tank, hope to get one in the future.

[@brucesbees]

Thanks. Yes it works well.

[@burleybeeyard]

Bruce with the volume you’re doing, do you wish you’d gone bigger than the 16?

[@brucesbees]

Maybe would have been better but we typically just bottle up what we need as we go and I am usually able to stay ahead of it pretty well.

[@donbearden1953]

Bruce, the only honey that I’ve ever had to crystallize was some I bought from another Beek locally. I’ve never had any that I harvested crystallize. How long on an average before the honey in your area crystallizes?

[@brucesbees]

It just depends. The tallow seems to be slow to crystallize. The spring honey is a little quicker but still takes a few months. The spring honey that I have right now is beginning to crystallize significantly in the buckets and we harvested it in May.

[@brucesbees]

Not sure when it actually started because it has been in those 5 gallon buckets.

[@melodycapehartmedina2264]

I buy honey in five gallon buckets for home use. I know it’s pricy but could buy the tank and store all my honey in it and warm it up only when I need to bottle some for my pantry? Would it hurt the honey to heat it to many times? Thanks I really enjoy your videos!

[@brucesbees]

That might work. The only issue is that the lid does not seal tightly. It does secure the honey but not sure if I would want to use it as a long term solution.

[@brucesbees]

This is a great question. If anyone else has any thoughts feel free to share.

[@dadu63]

Good job longsnapper

[@brucesbees]

Thanks for checking in!

[@brucesbees]

Go Cougs!

[@matthewb7800]

It seems it isn't quite "dripless" as they say.. I saw that you and in their demo, they wipe the valve with the bottle after each fill. Thanks for the video!

[@brucesbees]

It is true that I wipe the bottle across the valve but it os SO much better and faster than the old way I did it. I love my Maxant bottling tank.

[@matthewb7800]

@@brucesbees Agreed, it looks better than the messy honey gates!

[@SA-xj1cs]

What size bottles are those and where do you buy them. Thanks!

[@brucesbees]

I mostly use one pound squeeze bottles and get them from Sailor Plastics. They sell all different sizes and shapes.

[@brucesbees]

www.sailorplastics.com/

[@barbarahandsbury6822]

Do you weigh those bottles ? I was was told buy the manufacture one lb of honey goes right to the bottom of the cap ,

[@brucesbees]

There is a fill line about where these are filled to. And yes we have weighed them to see. Usually there is actually a little more than a pound in these bottles. It is possible that different manufacturers’ bottles need to be filled differently. These bottles are form Sailor Plastics.

[@RippleAffect]

Hey what size tank is it and how many gallons do you do a year? Thanks

[@brucesbees]

16 gallons. Somewhere around 300 gallons this year.

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Doesn't the honey re crystallize after a short time? I have to cream mine because the native flora causes fast crystallization, Here in Australia the Dedant bottling tank costs about $2000.00 after you add shipping etc so they have priced themselves well out of the market baring in mind that the Chinese automated system starts a little over $3500.00

[@brucesbees]

The honey will probably re-crystallize over time but I usually sell it in one pound bottles and only bottle it up as I need to so when I sell it is will usually be nice and clear. This tank with shipping was $1,300 + and then I also bought the pail perch which was not cheap. But it should last me for many years to come. With the quantity of honey I have I do not want to go back to the old way for sure!

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

@@brucesbees i totally agree with you that it was for you perhaps the next step forward, I on the other hand am scaling down.

[@brucesbees]

I hear ya man! Thanks for checking in from the other side of the world.

[@x1dl]

My honey tastes like metal after storing it in a heating tank. I dont know what to do now :(

[@brucesbees]

Never had an issue with that. Hmm.

[@DarrellCraig]

That’s the same labels I use.

[@brucesbees]

Cool. I really like them.

[@Melba212121]

Where do you get your labels for the Salior bottles?

[@brucesbees]

I order them from Blue Sky Bee Supply. They have several different types of customizable labels.

[@IFarmBugs]

Mate fill your jars with more honey.

[@brucesbees]

One pound jars. One pound of honey. There is a fill line and we have also measured them. Actually they usually have a little more than one pound when we fill them up. Thanks for checking in!