Looking for an EASY way to process beautiful BEESWAX? TRY THIS!!!
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- If you are looking for an easy way to process beeswax you should watch this video. I purchased a Lyson solar wax melter from Betterbee last year and it works well. Why not use the sun to do the work?
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Take the slum gum and compress it into blocks. Makes excellent fire bricks.
Beekeeper friends give us bee box size blocks of it. Works wonderful in outside fire pit. Burns long, hot, and clean.
Interesting idea. Thanks for sharing!
@@brucesbees I wonder if putting a piece of parchment paper under the slumgum would be an easier clean up rather than scraping it loose? Then the paper towels. We also use the slumgum as fire starters with the paper towels we use.
Hey thanks for the tip. It is a little bit of a pain to scrape it out. I might need to try that. Have actually found that the paper towels are not really necessary.
Just use an old worn out shirt you plan to throw out anyway instead of new paper towels each time , it is so much more long lasting and durable and you can just use it over and again and no risk of it getting a tear ruining your wax letting trash through. I've been solar melting since the 1980s. Paper Towels are too delicate and they are not free. The solar trap also helps kill hive beetles and wax moths because they smell the hot wax at dusk and fly in through the gaps, lay eggs and are cooked each new day. Gotta love a solar melter for that alone.
I haven’t seen one of these before. By far the easiest process I’ve seen, and with excellent results! The kind of thing a club could own, each keeper would only need it for a few days!
I have one of these. I can run two of these blocks on a spring Florida afternoon. By 10 AM it's already dripping.
Always worth having a few bait hives scattered about for catching swarms. Slumgum is an excellent bee attractant if you rub a bit inside your bait hives.
Thanks for the tip!
nice looking block of wax, that style of rendering is impressive
Thanks for sharing! I use the leftovers straight into the smoker. Smells good 👍
Thanks for the input
so beautiful!!
That's SO neat! Thanks for sharing!
Ya, I need one of those. That's the easiest process for getting clean wax I've seen. Thanks for sharing!
Wow!! Like a block of gold.
Awesome video Bruce. Thanks for sharing. That is a very cool wax melter. Love it!
That works great! Much less labor intensive than a turkey roaster.
Yep. Easy and effective!
Nice, Bruce! I’m impressed! May have to add that to my beekeeping “wish list!”
I have one and I love it!!!!! I use slum gum in swarm traps. Thanks Bruce!!
Wow. Beautiful wax and so much easier than boiling. I know what's next on my list to buy....
That is some clean wax!
Great demo Bruce,
Thanks for sharing!
It works well but there is just a little bit of dirt in the bottom so it’s not 100% clean. But close enough for most people.
Beautiful wax! I am impressed with that solar melter.
Yes. It does a great job.
thank you for the video! It's a great idea
Bruce I have seen several keepers use paper towels. Amazed how well that works.
I love it. Prettiest I've ever seen. Now I have to search for one like that . Thanks for sharing ☺️
Betterbee, Lyson Solar Wax Melter
That is the prettiest wax I've seen in a long time, and in just one easy step!! Awesome
Yes it works well. I am a fan!
Wow absolutely beautiful ❤
Thanks!
Great video Bruce , that little melter is awesome . Great looking wax
Yes it’s a little powerhouse!
Awesome. This is the best video I've seen for producing any bee product efficiently. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome. Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you for video Iv always wondered on that product !!
I have this same wax melter and I have never thought about putting paper towels up against the great, so I just learn something 😃 . Now this is going to save me a lot of time. Thanks for sharing my friend.
It works well but still not perfectly clean. Pretty close though.
Thank you for changing the microphone, it sounds much better now so it's nice to enjoy the video you make so well. Thanks
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Bruce, nice video! You reinforced my thoughts to save all my comb from the fall and wait to use the solar melter. It works so much better than boiling comb! Thanks again for the video!
Thanks for checking in and good luck!
Good stuff Bruce! That wax melter seems to be well worth the money. That’s a beautiful result!
Yes it works well!
I love bees
Very clear wax!
Yeah it’s beautiful.
I built one pertty much like that just not as fancy. They do a great job. Thanks for sharing longsnapper! Roll Tide!
I need one. Thanks for the video.
Brilliant.
Thanks for checking in. It really is a little powerhouse.
Wow!! Thanks for sharing this. I held off from processing because I see the crockpot or pot melting method is labor intensive. This seems way easier. Looks pretty clean on a 1st run!
Yes it works well. If I need perfectly clean wax I may try running it through again or pulling out the crock pot but this is pretty clean.
I'm not actually a bee keeper, so I've never tried, but I've seen videos on UA-cam that other beekeepers that use the slum gum to bait their swarm traps. That's the only thing I believe I've heard it used for.
I love melting wax. Lyson makes it easy
Yes it is so easy. This one is a bit small but works for me. They sell a bigger one but I done need that one yet.
tyvm great video
Thanks for watching and for checking in
Bruce, that looks so much easier and cleaner than my crockpot and filtering the way I do. Those paper towels will make excellent kindling to start a fire with! I’ve got to where I put the slum gum in the soil of my wife’s flower beds. It all comes from Mother Earth why not give it back to her in a good way instead of a garbage dump? Great video!
Thanks you 💪👍👍👍❤
This method is fantastic. I just took an old garden planter, threw some Perspex over it, lined the inside with foil (woodglued to the sides) and it's 60+C inside the box (maybe higher, it broke my digital room thermometer), 25C outdoors, the wax is melting through some old bedcloth on a metal cooking tray with some holes drilled at the end, pretty much a recycle-DIY. It's coming out nice and clear first time.
No burning stove energy and messy clean up.
Absolutely. Sounds like a nice set up.
You can use the slumgum to make plant fertilizer or fire starters, as it burns very well.
Good info. Thanks!
If ya want to try and build 1 yourself, they are like a solar dehydrators, thought of building 1 to dehydrate vegetables on a larger scale, never though about using 1 for bees wax. Subgum is real good for your garden from what I've been told. Ty for sharing Bruce, Blessed Days...
Great, thanks for the demonstration and greetings from Germany.
Awesome. Thanks for checking in!
Thanks for the video Bruce. I gotta get one of those. I've been rendering wax the hard way!
I did a video last year with my other method using a crock pot. It actually gets the wax a little cleaner I think but this is so easy.
Great video. Makes wax melting easy. I save the chunks of slum-gum and rub it on the insides of new brood boxes. I think it gives the bees a welcoming aroma inside the box.
Thanks for checking in and for that advice.
Nice
Bruce, I think you just sold me on one of these 😂 That wax looks amazing!
That’s a cool device!
Great tip on the viva paper towels. You could use those paper towels to light your smoker - they will burn really good with that wax in them.
It works well. Actually I have started lining the entire pan where the comb sits. Seems to be a little cleaner that way.
I don't use a solar melter, but I do use paper towel. What I found is that if there is any gap in the paper towel, some of the dirt particles will find their way through the gap. In my set up, all the wax goes on top of a solid single sheet of paper towel and filters down through it. This limits me to a small amount of wax at one time, but it yields 100% clean wax in a single melt.
Good stuff. Thanks!
That is definitely an easy way. I should make myself one of those.
Yes it works well. I think a lot of people build them but for the price it was worth it to me to just purchase one.
Gold Bricks. On the gunk. I've been thinking of using a wax press. Immediately toss filter bag with slum into press while still dripping with wax and squeeze the hot wax out. Next batch I will try it out. Having a steamer would possibly be handy to melt wax off press.
We take the slumgum and press them down into clumps and sell them as Bear "Turd" firestarters. I think half the people buying them use them as firestarters and the other half give them to someone as a gag gift! Quite popular though.
I like it. Thanks for the tip!
These are the kinds of videos I subscribed to this channel for a good while back. There have been too many hour plus videos of people yapping as of recently. Hope you get back to more of this style soon!
I have been producing these videos all along. I have also been doing some live videos along the way. Many people enjoy them.
I appreciate you watching the ones you do. Thanks for checking in.
Slum gum can be ground to a powder, and made into a dust for chicken feed. High protein boost for the youngster's immune system. It might interfere with laying hens, though.
Wow interesting info. Thanks for the tip!
Exactly how I do it but I use a homemade one. Those paper towels are the key but I do sometimes get honey in my wax as well (sometimes) Slumgum the inside of your swarm traps😁
I have the same model, and I showcase it on my other channel.
Slum gum uses. Fire starter, work boot waterproofing, leave out for bees- fats/lipids, or use in garden or compost
Good video👍
All great ideas. Thanks!
Poland has so much to offer when it comes to beekeeping
I imagine so.
Slum gum is the best attractant in swarm traps that I have ever seen.
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❤I use thé same technique
thé dirty stuff I use it on the compost, very good fertiliser.
And thé towel paper I cut it in long pieces and use it as à barbeque lighter .
I use slum gum in my trap boxs . Heat it up till soft n smear.around in corners.
Sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the tip!
That is amazing how clean that was for 1 run. Thanks for showing that. You probably just sold a bunch of them for better bee. Lol call them up and tell them you need your cut.
I know right? Lol.
I love a solar wax melter. So easy and requires minimal time to process so you can spend more time keeping bees. A side note, I save a little of the slum gum and freeze it to kill any beetle eggs larva that might survive and then I use a few small pieces to bait my swarm traps.
Good stuff Richard. Thanks!
Any beetle eggs would be cooked. These melters get real hot.
I always use my slum gum in the composter
Bruce, that is awesome! Very near clean wax and looks super simple. The paper towels are a genius idea for that. I've been using cone filters (for frying grease) and a pot on a burner, but I'm going to need to try something like this. I would imagine that debris that is getting into the wax is probably going under the paper towels (or through the seam where the paper towels overlap). I wonder if that aluminum ducting tape for HVAC vents would do the trick? Or possibly just regular duct tape for a cheaper alternative?
All good ideas. Thanks for checking in.
Or put a length of muslin or the fine mesh from paint strainer bags all down the area you dump the wax scrapings, up over the filter. Dump the scrapings on top, let it do its thing. Once it's all done, there probably won't be much need to scrape out the slum either - just pick up the fabric while it's allstill warm from the sun and shake it out for disposal. Could probably put the cloth in a bucket and pour over plenty of hot water to clean out the worst and reuse it.
I used to soak my cappings and burr comb in a bucket of water to pre-clean it. Then stuffed into nylon stocking to drip dry before placing in my home-made solar wax melter. Unfortunately, if there was any trapped honey in the burr comb that washing couldn't eliminate it caused some spotting in the block of clean wax. Adding a baffle at the drip edge with paper towels would probably have solved my problem.
Good I information. Thanks!
Use the waxed kitchen towel paper as fire starter
I put the gum into a leaf compost pile. In a few weeks it will be gone and be good for your garden.
I was working for some what similar design, got my problem solved after watching it. will let you know once i complete my design.
Great! Good luck!!!
@@brucesbees Thanks, got motivated today!
Bigger one they sell can put old plastic frames inside for few minutes then the old comb just peels off nice and easy foundation is nice and clean doit right
My brother my brother!!! This was BRILLIANT! I have been keeping bees for 12 years and I have never seen anything like this before. I’ve always done this the hard way. On the stove or in the oven. Thank you so much for this video. I am ordering right this minute. Many blessings to you and your family.
Awaeome. It’s a powerhouse little device. Not very big but does the job!
@@brucesbees how much is one killo beeswax
I don’t sell a lot but I typically sell it for $10 per pound.
Swarm traps, n smoker fuel, good uses for slum gum... I also saw comments saying to use it in plants?? I almost wonder if some of the animals could eat it? I mean it's cocoons, maybe dead brood, Lil wax, maybe some bee bread,& and propolis?? Idk 🤷♀️
Combine your throw-away honeycomb left-overs with cotton balls and sell them as firestarters online. You could also add them to your logs when you build a fire for a longer-lasting fire. What is the leftover honeycomb material made of? Why doesn't it all melt down?
It is called slum gum. Not really sure what all is in there.
The Slumgum can be used for starting fires. I use a small amount in each section of a cupcake pan to form pieces that I can use for starting my brush piles on fire. If you live in the country as I do, it seems like I always have a brush pile to burn, when it's safe. I also use a small, very small, chunk of it (1"x1"x1/8" maximum) piece to start my smoker, works great.
Slumgum for swarm traps (lure).
Add that Slum gum as bait for swarm traps!
Throw that slum gum into a bait box for catching swarms. It's as good as propolis or a black nasty comb. Try it -- it will work.
Best solar melter I've used hands down .. 70 degrees and sunny all it needs to start melting .. they were really cheap 130.00 sounds like they went up. Like to buy the larger one or just buy second one. I know you can make them and I've done that few different designs but worked nothing like this lyson .. only way I can get it clean is in my lyson solar melter
I got the idea from you Hooterville and it has not disappointed. May get the larger one in the future but for now this one is good enough.
Out of curiosity, do you have any idea why this one seems to work so much better than the DIY ones you tried? As someone who loves a good DIY project, I saw this video and thought to myself that it seemed like a great idea to add to my list of plans for my bee DIY equipment. But if the manufactured version truly works that much better than what I would DIY, then it may not be worth it (or it could be a challenge for me to overcome by improving the design lol).
I don’t think I have ever tried to do a DIY project with the solar wax melter. There are a lot of videos of people who have. Sometimes I prefer to just buy products. Not the best at DIY. Maybe you could give it a try. Might be fun. It’s just easier and more efficient for me to buy one already made.
You can compost the slum gum into a fertiliser or it makes a great fire starter. The block is so much cleaner & easier than rendering it in boiling water
That’s what I have heard. Yes these blocks are pretty clean but still have to filter a little further to get to the final product.
I bet the slum gum would make great fire lighters.
Try to put the filterpaper under the punchplate and turn the rest of the paper over the punchplate.
Thanks for the tip!
You can roll the paper towels up and use it for a fire starter.
That’s a good idea. Thanks!
Use those paper towels to start your smoker. Slum gum is a wonderful swarm trap lure.
Hey those is great advice. Thanks for sharing!
What tipe of Paper is that you use to only have the beewax. Thanks
Viva paper towels. But I think any kind of thick paper towels would work.
I just put the slumgum into my compost pile.
That sounds like a good idea. Thanks for sharing!
I threw a few pieces of slum gum in a bait box this year. Figure it might add some hive aroma.
Couldn’t hurt!
I'll take 1 to go please
I been thinking about making a homemade wax melter .
I know it can be done but I am not creative enough lol. Good luck!!!
I'm going to try it out .
I separated my comb by color and cappings. Cappings is Best to be melted by itself.
Thanks for the input.
I love mine as well, but I cover the whole tray in a paper towel.
And those have gone up!!!! I paid $119 for mine about 5 years ago.
That is a good idea. I need to try that.
Great video, as a suggestion.. maybe if you use more paper towel along the full length your wax melter your wax will be totally clean??
Hey that’s a great idea. I actually started doing that and it works better for sure!
@@brucesbees small detail, but if you aren't already, I would be intentional about how the edges of those towels overlap - layering kinda like shingles so that the wax can't sneak between them unfiltered.
Hopefully that makes sense...
It makes sense. Actually works ok. I guess a smaller overlap would be fine.
Run the paper towel the full length of the tray underneath the comb to capture all of the debris.
Not a bad idea. Thanks!
Will it stick to the block?
No. The wax drops through the paper towel into the pan. The paper towel acts as a filter.
I've heard people use slum-gum to bait swarm traps. I have never done it myself.
Good information. Thanks!
Back in the '80s I'd take my cappings and renderings wax to Western Bee Supply in Polson, MT for bee supplies, mostly foundation. They didn't have stuff like Mannlake has now days. I need queen grabbers. I need a queen marking restraint device. I have made several, but I'd like the real thing I see from others. I need a source of swarm commander. Or I need a cheaper source of lemongrass oil. Over 9 bucks for .5 oz is outragious at mt Gesunthiest health store for "essential oils". And my local bee keeping supply store will gladly sell me a ceramic skep honey jar -- which I DO NOT need or want. Can I get oxalic acid? Do not know yet.
Yep. Everything is getting more expensive these days.
Hello, I am a beekeeper from Argentina. Can you provide me with an Amazon link to purchase that wax extractor? Because I haven't found any similar ones here...
Excellent content!
I don’t see a link on Amazon but it is a Lyson Solar Wax melter. I got it from Betterbee.
Take the slum gum and compress into decoy pie so bear can steal instead of real pie cooling on window right boo boo? That`s write Yogy!
Hmm. I like it! 🤔🙂
so cool! does it come with the catch container Bruce?
Yes I believe it came with 2 of them.
@@brucesbees that is a pretty cool melter...i might have to try one. Do you have a link? thanks!!
I put the link in the description.
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