Great tutorial, my stepfather used to cool his beeswax in square plastic tubs, then when they were cold and hard pull them right off the water. easy to store and weigh :-)
So, do you feed the honey water back to the bees? A cheap pot can be bought at a yard sale or thrift store. Don't upset the home, keepers. Also, an old pillowcase can be used as a filter.
Very nice video. Nice for a small amount of beeswax. However, I question squeezing it into a ball. I wouldn't want the water trapped ferment. Could freak out the new hobbyist beekeeper. I would rather leave it in small cakes of wax and when I get enough I would melt all the small cakes together and make a larger one similar to what you show on the table at the beginning of the video.
Unless you filtered that through a fine filter, like a coffee filter, there will be a layer of propolis on the bottom of the melted wax. The water will dissolve the honey and some of the other soluables, but the propolis is just slightly heavier than the wax. I floats on top the water, and on the bottom of the wax. Here you used something like a muslin. Kitchen roll, or Paper towels, will work, the problem being they tend to fold over unless everything dribbles in slow. Melting the whole cake, then letting the filtered wax settle in a tall thin container, and cool completely, will concentrate the slumgums on the bottom, where you can scrape them off.
Oh. So that’s what those grains stuck to the bottom of my wax wheel were! I scraped them off after filtering a few times. The wheel was pretty pure after that. It looked really good. Thanks for that tidbit of information 😊
beeswax won't rot. Instead of squeezing it into a ball I would leave it as a cake and let it dry out. Then melt it again in clean water and pour it into a small bread mold. This is a small amount of beeswax to work with which is nice.
suggestion if you use a two can setup make a double boiler water in large can raw wax in smaller can (or even better a plastic pail) heat melt wax then strain thru metal fly screen wire top lined with nylon hose material into your mold you will get a clean produce one pass and all straining material can be reused
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Great video, well filmed and you did a nice job narrating the entire process.
I agree with keeping it out of the kitchen. I processed some wax in my kitchen a month ago and I am still cleaning up wax off of things
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Great tutorial, my stepfather used to cool his beeswax in square plastic tubs, then when they were cold and hard pull them right off the water. easy to store and weigh :-)
So, do you feed the honey water back to the bees?
A cheap pot can be bought at a yard sale or thrift store. Don't upset the home, keepers.
Also, an old pillowcase can be used as a filter.
Thank you very much this was very helpful.🙏🏻🖤
Excellent video bro! Do more please :D
Very nice video. Nice for a small amount of beeswax. However, I question squeezing it into a ball. I wouldn't want the water trapped ferment. Could freak out the new hobbyist beekeeper. I would rather leave it in small cakes of wax and when I get enough I would melt all the small cakes together and make a larger one similar to what you show on the table at the beginning of the video.
thanku sir, u explained very well.👍
Good approach
Unless you filtered that through a fine filter, like a coffee filter, there will be a layer of propolis on the bottom of the melted wax. The water will dissolve the honey and some of the other soluables, but the propolis is just slightly heavier than the wax. I floats on top the water, and on the bottom of the wax.
Here you used something like a muslin. Kitchen roll, or Paper towels, will work, the problem being they tend to fold over unless everything dribbles in slow. Melting the whole cake, then letting the filtered wax settle in a tall thin container, and cool completely, will concentrate the slumgums on the bottom, where you can scrape them off.
Oh. So that’s what those grains stuck to the bottom of my wax wheel were! I scraped them off after filtering a few times. The wheel was pretty pure after that. It looked really good. Thanks for that tidbit of information 😊
Pantyhose makes a great cheap filter. They look at you a little funny buying it at the thrift store. :-/
NIce for a small amount.
sir is this the same bees wax that use to make pomade...pls reply..thanks
yes it can be used for any cosmetic skin product like lip balm and beard balm and lotions depending on your preference and formula.
when it melting r u added some water in it?? plz reply sir
amruta patil Yes, the water keeps the wax from burning or igniting. The wax floats and the crud sinks to the bottom
I am a bee farmer from Kenya can we work together
Won't the water on the beeswax make it go rotten or do you filter in the cloth again and boil ? Please reply
beeswax won't rot. Instead of squeezing it into a ball I would leave it as a cake and let it dry out. Then melt it again in clean water and pour it into a small bread mold.
This is a small amount of beeswax to work with which is nice.
suggestion if you use a two can setup make a double boiler water in large can raw wax in smaller can (or even better a plastic pail) heat melt wax then strain thru metal fly screen wire top lined with nylon hose material into your mold you will get a clean produce one pass and all straining material can be reused
sir..how long to boil it...plzzz rplyy
just until it melts
Have you considered a solar wax melter. No mess.