Processing Wax Cappings

Many beekeepers extract their honey crop.
Processing wax cappings. Beeswax cappings are the cleanest wax in the hive. The new wax honey cappings are our prize choice wax for projects. If you are lucky enough to use wax from your own hive you know it starts a little messy. This year we had a lot more cappings and it became a much bigger job.
When processing beeswax the wax caps first drop into a straining system and the honey separates somewhat from the wax caps. Extra time is invested in processing beeswax cappings. How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax. Cappings are made from the freshest beeswax.
We knew we did not want to do it in our. Processing rendering beeswax cappings. 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.
I show how i use my sos solar sports oven to process beeswax and simplify the job. Processing beeswax cappings at home is fun easy and very rewarding. 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. When harvesting honey the first step involves removing the wax caps from the frames to allow access to the honey.