Thank you for sharing this. As new beekeepers, we appreciate you sharing your experience. I've watched several videos and some were far too daunting. Your process was easy to replicate in a normal kitchen and didn't involve buying lots of expensive kit. We've recovered 4 large jars of cooking honey and I'm drying out the wax, ready to melt and strain into some old takeaway coffee cups which I hope will do the job 🤞. Thanks again.
This was really lovely to read that our share has been helpful to you Kerry. There is lots of ways people go about it and we definitely would invest in gear and go about it differently if doing large batches. But for the little harvests our family does, this works so well. And where I often see other methods waste honey, I love that this recovers every drop. I really like the idea of the takeaway cups. Being able to peel them away should be great 😀
Nothing better than spending time watching someone who knows what they are doing do something. Learnt a lot about the benefits of bee keeping today. Wax ended up such a vibrant colour.
@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus hahahaha SAME!! I feel like I have so much random knowledge but I’m the absolute worst person to have on trivia night!! How does that work??
Fantastic video🐝. I could have used this a few years ago. Lol. I made an incredible mess and hardly got any products at the end. With the price of beeswax and honey , I'd say that's worth it. Thanks for sharing a great video 💛🖤
I never knew about this. I'm going to have to ask you a few questions one day on bees which will be my final piece of the garden. Also I'll be going through your preserving playlist
Thanks a bunch Alexander. It is one of those things that can be done in different ways, but we find this super easy for the small batches and love that we can recover all of the honey.
It can be done in different ways. I can even do it in our solar oven. What is super important is low heat and nothing to ignite it. Remember that wax can ignite and burn.
That's a tremendous amount of honey left over. I think you'd be surprised at how much useful honey would have drained out of those cappings if left on top of a queen excluder or inside some hose strainer. In your initial melt I think you'd do pretty well to add some water to the wax/honey mixture. it will separate the wax and the honey as the honey will go to the bottom and the water in the middle providing your wax with no honey stuck to the bottom. PS. Water and wax are perfectly fine together. It's water and oil that you don't want to mix.
It is so much honey still in there. Which is why I like this method as I recover every bit. That honey is no longer raw, but we use it in cooking mainly. My concern with adding water is that the water would also get to the recovered honey affecting its ability to store.
@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus agreed about water and honey but that's why you leave it overnight. If you set that wax on top of a queen excluder overnight you would get about 75% of your end result as pure stull raw honey. Either way, great video!
Thank you for sharing this. As new beekeepers, we appreciate you sharing your experience. I've watched several videos and some were far too daunting. Your process was easy to replicate in a normal kitchen and didn't involve buying lots of expensive kit. We've recovered 4 large jars of cooking honey and I'm drying out the wax, ready to melt and strain into some old takeaway coffee cups which I hope will do the job 🤞. Thanks again.
This was really lovely to read that our share has been helpful to you Kerry. There is lots of ways people go about it and we definitely would invest in gear and go about it differently if doing large batches. But for the little harvests our family does, this works so well. And where I often see other methods waste honey, I love that this recovers every drop.
I really like the idea of the takeaway cups. Being able to peel them away should be great 😀
Nothing better than spending time watching someone who knows what they are doing do something. Learnt a lot about the benefits of bee keeping today. Wax ended up such a vibrant colour.
Awwww. Thanks a bunch Matt. Lots of research and trials over the years. And things still don't always go perfectly, and Im always learning 😀
Hi do you sell beeswax to uk? Cannot seem to find real wax @@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus
Absolutely loved this video. I have always wondered how people collect the wax from hives. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks a bunch Kim 😀
This method works really well for our small batches.
Thank you. Very good. I have heard that honey that is recovered in this fashion is often referred to as "baker's honey" for obvious reasons.
I haven't heard that name for it before, but it totally makes sense. Thanks for sharing 😀
Wow, it's nice to be able to process honey yourself.
It is quite wonderful. And the bees 🐝 do a great job pollinating the garden too 😀
Interesting process and I still remember how yummy that jar of honey was that you gave me years ago. 🍯
It is really lovely that it is a memory for you. It is pretty delicious.
Oh...and I should mention that was the raw honey, not heated like what we recover from the cappings like this.
Wow!! This is so cool to see!!
You are such a wealth of information!! xx
Lots of random stuff. And yet Im terrible at trivia 🤣
@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus hahahaha SAME!! I feel like I have so much random knowledge but I’m the absolute worst person to have on trivia night!! How does that work??
Fantastic video🐝. I could have used this a few years ago. Lol. I made an incredible mess and hardly got any products at the end. With the price of beeswax and honey , I'd say that's worth it. Thanks for sharing a great video 💛🖤
I promise you that I made some early messes too 🤣🤣🤣
I never knew about this.
I'm going to have to ask you a few questions one day on bees which will be my final piece of the garden.
Also I'll be going through your preserving playlist
Definitely give me a shout if you have any questions 😀
@@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus thank you 😊
This is very helpful! Thank you!
You are most welcome 😀
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Thanks a bunch Alexander. It is one of those things that can be done in different ways, but we find this super easy for the small batches and love that we can recover all of the honey.
This is so amazing!!!
Thanks a bunch Justin 😀
Amazing, just got my beewax capping.
Do I have to put it in the oven, or I can do it on gas ?
It can be done in different ways. I can even do it in our solar oven.
What is super important is low heat and nothing to ignite it. Remember that wax can ignite and burn.
Very very cool !!
Thanks a bunch Bobbi 😁
I always use water under the wax. It allows the sludge to further separate when heating
We go about it this way so we can recover the honey as well as the wax. I'm guessing you are going for a cleaner wax that way???
That's a tremendous amount of honey left over. I think you'd be surprised at how much useful honey would have drained out of those cappings if left on top of a queen excluder or inside some hose strainer. In your initial melt I think you'd do pretty well to add some water to the wax/honey mixture. it will separate the wax and the honey as the honey will go to the bottom and the water in the middle providing your wax with no honey stuck to the bottom.
PS. Water and wax are perfectly fine together. It's water and oil that you don't want to mix.
It is so much honey still in there. Which is why I like this method as I recover every bit. That honey is no longer raw, but we use it in cooking mainly.
My concern with adding water is that the water would also get to the recovered honey affecting its ability to store.
@Bush_Edge_Homesteading_Aus agreed about water and honey but that's why you leave it overnight. If you set that wax on top of a queen excluder overnight you would get about 75% of your end result as pure stull raw honey.
Either way, great video!
Love this video 🙌, also I want your stove. 😂
Thanks a bunch. I love our stove too. 💗
Not raw honey anymore, its lost most of its benefits in the heating process, but it makes a great mead.
Definitely not raw, so I tend to use this as my cooking honey. For things like honey soy chicken and baking. But PLENTY of raw from the harvests too 😀
Very nice video L ⚘️❤️🏜👉🔔👈🏕🏝🌿
Thankyou Ali