Stone Family Farms

We have had several questions about pollen content in our honey. 

The vast majority of pollen collected by the bees is not mixed with the honey. Bees typically store pollen separate from honey, but some pollen will be mixed with the honey. We strain bits of comb and bees from honey for appearance sake.  

The average pollen grain is 25 microns wide, much smaller than the smallest filter a non-commercial beekeeper will have.  Filters designed for straining honey come in four sizes, 100 microns, 200 microns, 400 microns and 600 microns. These numbers represent the size of the tiny holes in each filter. We typically use the 100 micron strainer.  This means that anything smaller than 100 microns, pollen, for example, passes through the strainer and remains in the honey.