Rendering Beeswax Cappings

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Rendering beeswax cappings.

How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax. I did not want that in the wax i was going to be using so it needed to be removed. You will want to rinse at least three times. While honey is very precious beeswax cappings are even more so.

This part of the process is often referred to as rendering beeswax. Rinse your leftover wax cappings. When rendering beeswax from brood comb i highly suggest doubling or even tripling the layers of cheesecloth. It is as simple as placing your cappings in a bucket and adding water.

The pot should be at least 2 inches higher than the wax cappings you are rendering. For cleaning the wax from only one or two hives i use a very simplified process that can be completed in about an hour. Then i broke it up into pieces and wrapped it up inside two layers of fine cheesecloth and reprocessed it. Because of its anti inflammatory antibacterial and antiviral benefits we also use it in many of our soaps and skin care products.

Only use cool clear water to clean your beeswax cappings. Beeswax protects the skin while allowing it to breath. Kinda like washing green. We use it to make candles and reusable food wraps.

Cappings from your honey extraction. Once i discovered our beeswax had some small particles of crud in it i had to wait for it to solidify. First take the wax cappings from the frames and place them in a heavy pot. Rendering beeswax is the first step in the purification process.

But i had to clean it up a bit. 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. 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.

Here i have a mixture of cappings and chunks of broken comb. What are the steps for rendering beeswax. How to wash beeswax cappings. At this point the beeswax is still sticky and some beekeepers will choose to wash them.

Put all cappings in a large bowl and fill with water. Let the wax soak for at least one hour.