Pollen cleaners

Choose the separation method

Sieves separate by size; airflow removes the lighter fraction. An air cleaner such as MINIMA and a sieve-and-fan machine such as OPTIMA perform different jobs. Compare the impurities in your harvest, available adjustments and the time needed to keep the hopper supplied.

• Sieving. Useful for separating dust and debris of a different size from pollen. Mesh choice and movement matter: aggressive sieving can break pellets and create more dust.
• Combined sieving and airflow. The LYSON Optima W3215 has 3 × 3 and 1 × 1 mm meshes, with separate sieve and fan controls. Its manual requires the pollen to be dried first.
• Fresh pollen handling. The THOMAS 4522 is documented for both fresh and dried pollen. This compatibility does not apply to every machine in the category.

When to clean

With equipment intended for dried pollen, drying comes before cleaning. For fresh pollen or a frozen-pollen process, you need equipment and a procedure compatible with that state while maintaining preservation conditions. A cleaner does not replace a dryer or freezer.

Check both the collected pollen and the rejected material when adjusting the machine: this reveals impurities getting through or useful pollen being lost. Physical separation does not establish freedom from contaminants or replace batch quality control.

A mill has a different job

An electric mill grinds previously cleaned pollen into another format. It neither removes impurities nor improves batch quality by itself. Prepared product is available under bee pollen.