Beet-head cleaning device for a beet harvesting machine having - a frame, - at least two flail hubs, wherein each flail hub is rotatably mounted about a respective axis of rotation (A1, A2) on the frame, and wherein the frame has mechanical coupling means for coupling the frame to a beet harvesting machine, wherein the beet-head cleaning device comprises a plurality of flails, which are designed to separate leaves or leaf bases from beets stuck in the ground or to remove leaf bases from topped beets stuck in the ground, and wherein each flail is movably mounted, preferably hinged, to one of the flail hubs, and wherein the beet-head cleaning device is a module that can be operated separately from the beet harvesting machine, characterised in that, the beet-head cleaning device comprises a drive, which is designed to drive the flail hubs relative to the frame, that the drive comprises a motor and a transmission, that the motor and the transmission are mounted on the frame, and that the beet-head cleaning device has electric and hydraulic coupling means for coupling the motor to an electric or hydraulic energy source. - a frame, - at least two flail hubs, wherein each flail hub is rotatably mounted about a respective axis of rotation (A1, A2) on the frame, and wherein the frame has mechanical coupling means for coupling the frame to a beet harvesting machine, wherein the beet-head cleaning device comprises a plurality of flails, which are designed to separate leaves or leaf bases from beets stuck in the ground or to remove leaf bases from topped beets stuck in the ground, and wherein each flail is movably mounted, preferably hinged, to one of the flail hubs, and wherein the beet-head cleaning device is a module that can be operated separately from the beet harvesting machine, characterised in that, the beet-head cleaning device comprises a drive, which is designed to drive the flail hubs relative to the frame, that the drive comprises a motor and a transmission, that the motor and the transmission are mounted on the frame, and that the beet-head cleaning device has electric and hydraulic coupling means for coupling the motor to an electric or hydraulic energy source. wherein the frame has mechanical coupling means for coupling the frame to a beet harvesting machine, wherein the beet-head cleaning device comprises a plurality of flails, which are designed to separate leaves or leaf bases from beets stuck in the ground or to remove leaf bases from topped beets stuck in the ground, and wherein each flail is movably mounted, preferably hinged, to one of the flail hubs, and wherein the beet-head cleaning device is a module that can be operated separately from the beet harvesting machine, characterised in that, the beet-head cleaning device comprises a drive, which is designed to drive the flail hubs relative to the frame, that the drive comprises a motor and a transmission, that the motor and the transmission are mounted on the frame, and that the beet-head cleaning device has electric and hydraulic coupling means for coupling the motor to an electric or hydraulic energy source. the beet harvesting machine, characterised in that, the beet-head cleaning device comprises a drive, which is designed to drive the flail hubs relative to the frame, that the drive comprises a motor and a transmission, that the motor and the transmission are mounted on the frame, and that the beet-head cleaning device has electric and hydraulic coupling means for coupling the motor to an electric or hydraulic energy source.