Processing Wax Cappings

The new wax honey cappings are our prize choice wax for projects.

Processing wax cappings.

If you are lucky enough to use wax from your own hive you know it starts a little messy. I show how i use my sos solar sports oven to process beeswax and simplify the job. Collecting and processing beeswax from cappings old frames and burr comb can bring an added benefit to your operation. Processing beeswax cappings at home is fun easy and very rewarding.

When processing beeswax the wax caps first drop into a straining system and the honey separates somewhat from the wax caps. Processing beeswax is as natural as following just a few simple steps. Properly cleaned and filtered wax can make a big difference in your final candle product. This year we had a lot more cappings and it became a much bigger job.

This requires cutting beeswax cappings off the top of honey cells. When harvesting honey the first step involves removing the wax caps from the frames to allow access to the honey. Over the years we processed our beeswax cappings in small batches using a double boiler set right on our kitchen stove then filtering the liquid wax through a stocking a pound at a time. Processing rendering beeswax cappings.

We knew we did not want to do it in our. For cleaning the wax from only one or two hives i use a very simplified process that can be completed in about an hour. How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax. Beeswax cappings are the cleanest wax in the hive.