For those individual beekeepers or honey producers who are sincerely concerned about the honey products they sell and want to ensure that their customers purchase honey based on what is “written on the label,” filtering honey becomes a big issue.  I frequently get emails or phone calls from beekeepers who send me honey to be examined and are then shocked to find that most or all of the pollen in their honey had been removed. These are beekeepers who have carefully filtered their honey using many different techniques and are amazed to discover that their techniques are failing to allow the pollen to remain in the filtered product. Many are using a variety of techniques and continue to ask “which filtering technique is best?” These are beekeepers and commercial honey producers who want to do the right thing but do not know how to filter the honey correctly in order to save the pollen contents.

For those individual beekeepers or honey producers who are sincerely concerned about the honey products they sell and want to ensure that their customers purchase honey based on what is “written on the label,” filtering honey becomes a big issue.  I frequently get emails or phone calls from beekeepers who send me honey to be examined and are then shocked to find that most or all of the pollen in their honey had been removed. These are beekeepers who have carefully filtered their honey using many different techniques and are amazed to discover that their techniques are failing to allow the pollen to remain in the filtered product. Many are using a variety of techniques and continue to ask “which filtering technique is best?” These are beekeepers and commercial honey producers who want to do the right thing but do not know how to filter the honey correctly in order to save the pollen contents.