HillCo's solar beeswax melter. Unboxing and put to the test.
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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First, I want to again apologies for inadvertently clicking off the comments initially on the last video, now that I know what I did, hopefully I won't do that again. And to follow up the wax melting video from last week, once again I have a wax melting video for your viewing enjoyment, only this time, it's on a very much smaller scale and one that may have a greater appeal. Let me know your thoughts in the comments which I will have turned on. Thanks for watching. God's peace to all. Mr. Ed
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You're welcome for the wakeup crow. I like how you bare handed the bee mud off that wax. Hope you washed up before lunch.
Nice melter review.
I got a kick out of videoing the rooster knowing I was going to use him and you in the video. On a side note, seeing how good the rooster looks with his red feathers, you may consider wearing red as a way to accentuate your finer features, after all, it works for him. God's peace brother.
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I really like that Solar Beeswax Melter! Thank you for demonstrating this new product for bee keepers. God Bless!!
Looks like HillCo knocked another one out of the ball park with this great product. I know for certain there will be a lot of interest in this melter. Thank you so much for your blessings and for being a member of my channel Phil, God's peace brother.
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Beautiful uh boxes behind you in the beginning. You can see the love the brothers put into their work.
I have been volunteering building caskets here at the abbey since 2009, and in that time, I have to say, we have come a long way and the end product really stands out. Bee safe in your travels, and thanks for watching. God's peace Shawn.
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MR. ED! I had one of my hives do a late season swarm yesterday, not good this late in NY. They settled 30 feet up in one of my oak trees. I used my pool poles and 5gal bucket. 10 buckets later I had a Thank You Jesus moment. Yes got the Queen and put her and the swarm in a new deep. Now pray I can get both hives through winter.
I'm not surprised to hear of your late in the year swarm, I have caught 2 of them in the last week, and like you said, that's not a good thing this late in the year. Great to hear you got her majesty and her daughters in a new box after a bit of work, now, the work of getting them through winter begins. I hope it goes well with that Brian. God's peace brother.
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@@JeffHorchoff Thank you, I go in tomorrow at 06:30 for my new hip. Gods Peace Brother.
Good luck
I will hope and pray for your bees
Will pray for your swift recovery too😮😊
Beeswax is such an interesting "bee-product", my favorite videos through the year is melting of wax. Keep it up, Ed!
I have to agree, next to the honey the bees produce, the wax is such an interesting product. For me, refining it and then reusing it always such a cool thing. Thank you for your support and for being a member of my channel. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Nice and simple. a black plastic tote would really kick it along.
I think that would be a great addition, it should help keep the internal temperature constant and possibly help with heat absorption. I am going to suggest that to Mr. Hill. Thanks for watching and for your suggestion. God's peace Phil.
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Good Morning , from Denton Texas and Brushpopper's bee Wrangling .
Hey Robert, thanks so much for taking the time to watch. Until the next one, God's peace brother.
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Nice piece of equipment
Hey James you may want to look into one of these, for the price and what it can do with the wax you gather, you may find it a good fit. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother.
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Cool! And since I came to watch your video as a break as I'm trying to get the harvest buckets etc. all cleaned up.... one of my least fav. jobs....I was most interested in Brother John and the drum clean up ;)! Bless HIM!!
I'm so lucky to have quality help with the nasty jobs. Yes, bless him. Great hearing from you Jill, and thank you so much for your added support by being a member of my channel. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Nice rig.
And talk about doing a great job of getting pure wax out of it on the first run. This thing is easy peasy. Thanks for watching. God's peace Ricky.
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Hi Mr Ed!… I’m wondering how much better that would work if you were to cover the outside with black (paper, cloth, paint). Also, if you remember the old projection TV’s, they used a plastic fresnel lens on the front. If you cut that thin layer to fit & just lay it on top, it would concentrate the sun, but not cook it. Anyone have thoughts on this?
I'm sure there are several ways to improve on this product, and your ideas certainly are good ones, but because I was so impressed at the simplicity of this tool, I wanted to post a video on it showing it's usefulness to beekeepers. Thanks for watching and for your suggestions as well. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Good morning Mr. Ed! That’s a nice new contraption for the smaller bee keeper. Can you put a garbage bag in the bin as a liner to help with the cleanup and to help absorb heat?
I think the bag on the outside would do more good than on the inside, it was very easy to scrape the wax off of it, and the darkness of the bag may help to absorb a bit more heat. That was the reason I placed the melter in the back of the 4 wheeler, it was all black. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother.
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I'm hoping this is on the nahbe sale list, I definitely need one.
I'm going to make that suggestion to Mr. Hill, who knows, he might go for it. I'm so looking forward to NAHBE this year, see you there Phil. God's peace brother.
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nice wax melter but you did't put web, for them god bless you brother
Sorry about that Terry. Simply go to hillco.buzz and look under Uncapping tanks and tools and you will find it. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace brother.
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Hello Nancy, and a very good morning to you. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video this morning, I hope it added to your morning routine. Until the next one, God's peace.
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what do you keep in those pine boxes behind you ????? 🧟🧟♀🧟 (edit) you explained yourself, but i still don't know for sure nobody lives in those boxes .....
I guess I should have opened one to show they were unoccupied, but trust me, there is nothing but saw dust in there as those caskets had been sanded and are ready for the next step, finishing and upholstering. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Please be mindfull that polibicarbonate shatter's esily.
Thank you for that helpful hint as well as for taking the time to watch the video. Until the next one, God's peace Jess.
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P.s. What a fantastic commercial at the end!!😂😂 "Im gonna click on it when on get home"
Love the last longhives on the back ground, yes the solar wax melters are great, have two off them in hot southern Spain, greetings
And I bet you get great results with the heat and sun shine you have in Spain. Thanks for watching. God's peace Benjamin.
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Mr Ed does product placement! :) Cool little machine. It would be simple enough to melt them again, to make them into 'nice' blocks - the second time it wouldn't have the honey in it.
When I see products that I think could be useful to viewers I post a video on them. I don't do to many of them as I would rather make videos on bees and bee rescues. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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Nice new toy. It's not yet Halloween for you to get out the caskets God bless you and all your staff and your wife and hopefully y'all made it through this next storm God bless.
Thank you Sherry. Early predictions have the storm headed to Florida so we are ok, it them that will need our prayers. Thank you for your blessings and continued support, God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff yes it looks like it's going to hit Georgia pretty hard and that's where we are
A silicone collecting tray would make getting the wax block out easier. I am in the process of making one from an old esky [Aussie-speak] / cooler-box / chilly-bin [Kiwi-speak] + glass shelf tray from an old fridge both picked up from roadside rubbish + was planning using a mesh office paper tray lined with a painters paint-straining bag + Al-foil tray underneath. I'm hoping the added depth will allow me to stack up the comb & forget about it for a few days but wonder if the process works better with a thinner layer.... Be fun exercise testing it out like you have done. I've been using the painters bags for awhile in my large water-boiler & they are great for collecting all the c*** in the cut-out combs. A carpenter in our local club has just made me a wooden one - probably only half the size of yours. But I thought it would be good to do a second melt through to clean the wax up a second time filtering through cloth.
I agree, a silicone tray is the way to go, and I will be replacing the metal tray with one for the very next batch. Playing around with different methods is always a great learning experience and on top of it, sometimes we wind up making the process easier and cleaner. Thanks so much for your idea and for being a member of my channel Rachel, it is greatly appreciated. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff would an inch or so of water help? little bit in the pan? Capping will have honey as a lubricant, but dryer stuff...
👍👋 that's a cool little walk away solar melter from hillco, man I'm really impressed with the quality of thier products and if i was a north American beekeeper they'd be my go to supplier. Beautiful clean wax is really important to me, id definitely recommend that melter for "fire and forget" wax processing when you are doing something else. Great suggestion Mr Ed and nice to see ol dirtrooster there every morning 😂 still cold weather in southern New Zealand but i got new queens in a few days ago and today im going to check them and put in more varroa treatment 👍👋😃
Keep at it brother, the bees need you. We got our first taste of fall this morning, it was 60 when I walked out the house. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Y'all certainly get enough sunshine around the Abbey to use a solar appliance...
That we do, but we also get a lot of rain as well. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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It comes with a plastic coverage because it does not brake that easy during the transport. If you use a glas coverage it will be even more effective.
Very interesting, it will make for an interesting comparison. It's going to be a lot of fun experimenting with this melter. Thanks so much for the info and for watching. God's peace.
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An easier way to unmold the waz would be to put a hot towel for a few minutes on the bottom of the pan
Excellent idea, thank you for your suggestion and for taking the time to watch the video. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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Spray a little PAM on it before you start....?
Hearing "hello, Mr Ed here" just makes me smile and helps my day go better. Thank you Ed for your continued happiness that you bring to the world.
Mr ED , I’m from ND , we are one of the largest producers of honey Anyways I have a dear friend that went to Louisiana on vacation. When I found out she’d be close to the Abby, I begged her to go because I know she loves big beautiful church buildings. I also begged her to get me honey. Never did I thought she would have the chance to see you. Velvet and I appreciate your kindness.
When Friday morning comes around, I know Mr Ed will appear! Of course this Friday includes a new gadget to add to your tool assortment too. lol Glad that you keep on making more enjoyable videos as I hope you have a wonderful weekend! -Bob...
Good morning Jeff.
From reading the comments, it seems people don’t understand that the plastic cover magnify the sunlight which is melting the wax. Sitting in the plastic box and all is just a collection device. The melting comes from the plastic top because it magnifies the sun, and then the sun rays heats the wax.
Exelent thorough reveiw. God bless ❤
Thank you Evan, and thank you for your blessings and for watching as well. God's peace.
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Good Mornin! I JUST had an ephiphony watching this......why not put the melter in a vehicle!!! I use a deep box with a brick to prop up a little on bottom, large aluminum pan with a slit at one end, a bread pan to catch wax, and a glass cover. I put it on our pool deck on top of a glass table(this seals the bottom). But NOW, imma have to try it in the back of my van. LOVE my bees and LOVE this channl! God bless yall!💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏
Can you please make a video on how to make honey supers that don't require a router please? I live on an island and ordering can sometimes take several months for delivery. I can't seem to find one that doesn't require a router. And I'm not great with my circular saw! So an easy build that I can have pieces cut at the hardware store is something I've searched for. Thanks for your awesome content and bee blessed 🙌🏽 🐝
Hi Jeff. This is a great idea, solar melting, but maybe it needs to be refined to more easily to remove the wax from the mold, think spring form pan. Seems maybe a good idea for much smaller operations.
Mr Ed, If you spray some Pam in the tray, it may release the wax without any thumping. If the Pam does not contaminate the wax.
Legal que vc descobriu o derretimento de cera pelo sol, Fenix fez isso um pouco antes... (brincadeirinha...)😇
Tente pintar o container de preto por fora, pra aquecer mais. Vai otimizar o processo.😉
I really like the fact that it's a cost free way to melt the wax, and it's the cleanest wax I've seen from you that didn't have to be melted down a few times.
The fact that this is a much cheaper way for the backyard beekeeper is exciting.
Made one 9 years ago and still using it. Carrying it is a 2 man job. I have 2 other beekeepers that use it. I use weed barrier cloth on the tray for clean up
How much would you charge for a mahogany casket? For real!!!
0:47 - are they coffins?
That they are, working on them is my other volunteering duty here at St. Joseph Abbey. Thanks for watching. Until the next one, God's peace.
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Unfortunately free, yes... efficient, no!
Are those coffin's behind you ?
Yes they are. Even though I am the beekeeper for the monks here at St. Joseph Abbey, my first volunteering job, and the one I continue with right now, is helping build the caskets we sell to the public. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Richard.
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man i would love to have bees . i think it would bee alot of fun . and i love honey . but i own no land and dont know any one who does that would let me keep bees . but it would bee fun
please please please tell me those arnt 4 caskets behind you 😂❤
Might be a good idea to put a bit of water in that catch tray or they are going to have a hard time getting the wax out.
would it work better if you insulated the outside of the box ?
That would be good keep in a out yard to put your birr comb in
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Place two trays in sequence.
A diffrent type of gold bar.
I have one of these and LOVE it. Texas sun does the trick with no power cords. Load it and leave it. For what it's worth, I also have one of John's power extractors and it also works GREAT. IMHO HillCo sells a good product at a fair price. (I have no affiliation)
I will always say, you can't go wrong with HillCo...and they have the best warranty on their products out there. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Beautiful blocks of wax! With the paper towel added, it's amazing just how clean the resulting blocks came out. So no need to reprocess them a second time. Like you said, you could always fabricate a larger box to catch more wax in, but given the size of the melting tray, it actually seems like the perfect size. I'm not familiar with the impact of heat on silicone calking, but they do make silicone baking "pans," so I imagine it can handle heat pretty well. A little silicone calking on the main melting box should seal up those cracks that leaked out some wax. But with the tub beneath it to catch anything it's really no big deal. Very useful piece of kit for those of us with really small scale apiaries!
I plan on using a silicone tray to catch the wax in the future, but I had not considered using it to seal the corners. I'm going to do that as well. A great product for the hobbyist beekeeper for sure. Thanks for watching. God's peace Carole.
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Si ta une visite au Maroc écrit moi merci
Si jamais j'ai l'occasion de visiter le Maroc, et j'espère certainement que cela se produira, je vous contacterai. J'aimerais visiter votre rucher. Merci beaucoup pour l'invitation et pour avoir regardé. La paix de Dieu.
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I saw watching about a solar wax melter, and you start talking about coffins. That’s the last thing I need.😇
The question is frequently brought up as to my various volunteering duties at St. Joseph Abbey by many new viewers, and since I was standing in front of the caskets we produce I took advantage of that situation and spoke about them. Sorry if you took offense at what I said, it certainly was not intended to do so. Thanks for watching. God's peace James.
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Nice info! On an upcoming video, could you let us know what Mr. Fleer says internal vs ambient temperatures are for the melter? It looks like a cleaner method than crock pot or other methods.
Now that is a good point and one I did not consider even though I was curious of the interior temps. I just figured that since wax begins to melt at 145 degrees, temps between 160 and 180 are necessary to get it to run in a stream. Since it was flowing pretty good, I assumed it was between 160 and 180, but it sure would have been nice if I turned the thermal camera on it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Craig.
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What would be better is for the solar to also power a heater elemet attached to the bottom of the tray to melt the wax. So you would get both passive solar melting and a heater mechanical small electronic board heater part.
Can build it yourself look over bins to use , if you have a metal break buy some sheet metal fold/bend it yourself. If Hillco will just sell the glass radiated top there ya go. 4x4 sheet of aluminum. might be able to make 2 of the tray area's
Great ideas and for sure would add to the efficiency of the melter. I'm sure there are a lot of modification that could be done, but the product as is works and is affordable. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Drew.
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Good morning mr. Ed
Was Christ running the affairs of the universe with his Father while he was in his mother's womb?
As Christ always was and always will be, the answer is yes. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
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Very interesting 😎
Hi mr Ed.
Good morning Evan, I hope all is well over there. God's peace brother.
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We love our HillCo Solar Wax Melters we have three and they work all summer melting down cut out comb!
You can't go wrong with HillCo. God's peace Tom.
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Do love your wax videos.
no power used it seems great and easy
I really do like that aspect of the melter, it's such a simple design and very effective in carrying out it's function. God's peace Nancy.
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Nice invention but I believe it would have worked better without the napkin.
It's to bad I did not try it with the napkin and without the napkin, it would have been an interesting comparison. Thanks for watching. God's peace Lauren.
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This looks like it would be a good option for small apiaries.
Which is exactly the reason I made the video, a good product with mass appeal and a reasonable price. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Jeff.... You know your "over-selling" a plastic box, with a plastic lid, and a couple of baking rays..?!?!? Yeh??!!! 😉 😊 😀
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Hi there the trash will help as it's dark it will absorb the heat
VERY good point, I had not even considered that. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Paul.
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LOL Jeff. Here in the desert for 7 months of the year, it is warm enough to defrost anything. You said this is solar powered. My automatic defroster is the sun. When I say please put this in the automatic defroster, I mean outside on the patio table. We have solar generated things here. How to melt chocolate. Leave it outside when it is 102 out and it melts perfectly. Ha ha. This looks like it is great thing. I love the sun's power. When they make cars that run on solar power alone and have the same dashboard as we had in the early aughts THEN I will buy an electric car. All the stuff in the new cars is a distraction. It beeps and whistles and talks to you. How do you keep all that going and still look forward to drive We have a heat warning today. Ozone and pollen. Mike has to have colon test. I have to be out in this heat. Yikes. Keep up the great work Jeff. GBY
I'm just happy I don't live with the temps you put up with for 7 months, give me the humidity and the heat. Mike will be in my prayers, God's peace JJ.
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@@JeffHorchoff Thanks. BTW God answered our prayers. GA is still there. Some lost power but they are on it and Mike is clean. Diverticulitis and a couple of non cancer polyps. Yay God. Thank you Jesus!! GBY Jeff.
Wouldn't it work better is the tub were black?
I think it would work better, and I will be suggesting that to HillCo. Thanks for watching. God's peace Kathy.
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Interesting concept, but seems kind of gimmicky and I think it would be way too inconsistent and slow to use for any sort of serious production. I also don't think that lid would be very easy to keep clean/sanitary, and edges of the melting tray look kind of sharp (on camera, at least). The fact that those corners leaked is also a sign of poor quality by the manufacturer.
I bet you could DIY something similar but much larger and better on your own. Could even get creative and do like a solar water heater system, combined with something like a hydronic radiant flooring system if you're looking for a good experiment to put on UA-cam.
Perhaps the most efficient would be to just charge a battery with solar panels and run an electrical wax melter off of that. And you would get the added benefit of being able to store electricity for use on rainy/overcast days and/or directing any excess electricity towards other purposes. Would make for some interesting content to do a comparison of different DIY builds and see how they stack up against what's available in the market.
I'm full of ideas if you couldn't tell since I've joined this channel, lol. I could be like you idea guy if you wanted to hire me for that. Would be like a dream job for me to be able to do that for someone inventive like yourself, but I won't kid myself - you probably already have too many of your own ideas to keep up with - never mind mine! 😆
I purchased one and it works great.
Another satisfied HillCo customer, and I can truly understand why you like it, a very good product for a reasonable price. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 600 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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Interesting, Wonder how a round tub with a solar collector would do?
the key is to just get hot enough to melt the wax but let the honey separate.
I like ours, it works great for our size operation. Thanks for sharing! I like that they upgraded the handles too that's a nice touch.
Good morning
Hey Tracy, do you render your wax? If you do, this solar melter is certainly a very easy way to do it. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother.
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@@JeffHorchoff we do render our wax. My husband built a solar wax melter.
80s for highs and 60s at night, sounds like summer in NH. We might have a couple more weeks of flowers, then I hope it gets cool and the bees cluster up and stay that way till March. I saw Joey has one of those solar wax melters, they look slick. Much lighter than the one I put together this morning. Great to see another one of your vids, thanks for all you do. Peace, Brice
For a first run test, I would fill the lower tray first, then dump it into the upper tray. It'll be more dense after it melts, so you know it won't overflow.
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That inspector was easily bribed with just some honey ;)
No bribery involved, just a kind act for a hard working state employee, and one who appreciates bees and the work they do. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff Take a good look at the ";)" at the end. Some honey doesn't constitute a bribe and definitely not when compared to the amounts of honey you produce.
Hi Mr Ed. That’s some beautiful bees wax!
Wow Jeff that looks like it worked really well for a small time bee keeper such as myself.
Are those coffins in the background?
The brothers are working hard. Love to see it. God bless
Nice tool. Good to set it and leave it.
Great to see a low cost wax melter. Thanks!
That a nice wax melter
Caskets shop 😮
Good Morning Mr Ed, That is a lot of work and a lot of wax.
I like reading your comment's. It's like reading the funny papers back in our time. You and Dirt Rooster 🐓 🤣 are doing shenanigans again. Yall, have a good weekend yeah hear!!!