Rendering Beeswax Cappings

Let the wax soak for at least one hour.

Rendering beeswax cappings. What are the steps for rendering beeswax. Rinse your leftover wax cappings. First take the wax cappings from the frames and place them in a heavy pot. How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax.

Once i discovered our beeswax had some small particles of crud in it i had to wait for it to solidify. The pot should be at least 2 inches higher than the wax cappings you are rendering. Because of its anti inflammatory antibacterial and antiviral benefits we also use it in many of our soaps and skin care products. For cleaning the wax from only one or two hives i use a very simplified process that can be completed in about an hour.

I learned this the hard way. You will want to rinse at least three times. Kinda like washing green. Rendering beeswax is the first step in the purification process.

How to wash beeswax cappings. Beeswax protects the skin while allowing it to breath. When rendering beeswax from brood comb i highly suggest doubling or even tripling the layers of cheesecloth. I did not want that in the wax i was going to be using so it needed to be removed.

Cappings from your honey extraction. Beeswax has a thousand and one cosmetic and domestic uses but unless a good price can be assured the most fundamental use for the beeswax crop is as new foundation. But i had to clean it up a bit. While honey is very precious beeswax cappings are even more so.

Only use cool clear water to clean your beeswax cappings. We use it to make candles and reusable food wraps. It is as simple as placing your cappings in a bucket and adding water. The beeswax was full of bits of honey and brown hard cappings.

Rendering beeswax ok so the idea here is to end up with pure yellow beeswax by removing all of the impurities in the raw comb and honeycomb cappings from the extraction. At this point the beeswax is still sticky and some beekeepers will choose to wash them. When you spin honey there is always leftover wax and there s always a bit of honey left in that wax. Put all cappings in a large bowl and fill with water.

Then i broke it up into pieces and wrapped it up inside two layers of fine cheesecloth and reprocessed it. Here i have a mixture of cappings and chunks of broken comb.