So here's what I did. I spent the afternoon with Iddee. Which I would recommend. And he reminded me that there are a bazillion small hive beetle eggs in that bucket too, and I don't have a day to use on some inventive solution. I need to get it done with what I've got.
I have in my arsenal a paint filter bag from a box store or it might be a Little Giant honey filter bag (is the same thing). So I lined my bottling bucket with that, tied it tight as KathyP reminded me. Then I washed my hands up to the elbows and dove into the honeycombs, smushing and stirring. I tried to make the little balls of wax yall suggested but it didn't really happen right.
Then I poured the mash into the filter bit by bit, til the level of honey was up to the middle of the filter so I wasn't making progress. I got the rest of the mash into the bag in the bucket. I untied it from the bucket and wrapped it up tight into a ball that is bucket sized. I tied it tight at the top.
It is heavy, I don't have a good place to hang it, and my place is pretty humid anyway. So I got a grate out of my oven and put it on the bucket and the filter bag-ball on top of the grate. Of course the ball is going to deform and roll and miss the bucket with the drips. So I got another bucket (clean) and put it upside-down over the ball on the grate, aligned with the bottom bucket. And some weight on top to hold it.
I'm running errands now, but later I'll empty that bag into my crock-pot with some water on low and make a big puck of the cappings.
Then I'll spend a solid half hour scrubbing the honey and stomped wax bits out of the textured floor. Because who would put newspaper down first anyway?
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