Beekeeping

[Torvy]

Wife just pulled about 12 lbs from our hive. We don't do anything cool with wax yet. Maybe that will bee a next year thing.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Wife just pulled about 12 lbs from our hive. We don't do anything cool with wax yet. Maybe that will bee a next year thing.

Wax cleaning is fun, IMHO, and the margins on lip balm are also awesome.

Wax cappings are great because they are so clean. Darker brood comb takes a little more work because of all of the cacoons.

 

[fishin coyote]

What are you using to melt in, double boiler? I use a yard sale crockpot. Which takes a while but is nice in that I don’t have to babysit it the entire time

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

What are you using to melt in, double boiler? I use a yard sale crockpot. Which takes a while but is nice in that I don’t have to babysit it the entire time

I put the whole lot in a wax pot on the stovetop with water. I melt it all down, pour through cheese cloth, clean wax floats, impurities stay in the cloth or water.

For the lip balm melt, I set the oven at 180F. I measure all the components, melt them together, place them in a glass kitchen measuring cup.