Processing Wax Cappings

Processing beeswax cappings at home is fun easy and very rewarding.

Processing wax cappings.

When harvesting honey the first step involves removing the wax caps from the frames to allow access to the honey. I show how i use my sos solar sports oven to process beeswax and simplify the job. Processing beeswax is as natural as following just a few simple steps. Extra time is invested in processing beeswax cappings.

Processing rendering beeswax cappings. This year we had a lot more cappings and it became a much bigger job. Collecting and processing beeswax from cappings old frames and burr comb can bring an added benefit to your operation. 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.

This requires cutting beeswax cappings off the top of honey cells. The new wax honey cappings are our prize choice wax for projects. Beeswax cappings are the cleanest wax in the hive. Cappings are made from the freshest beeswax.

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. Many beekeepers extract their honey crop. When processing beeswax the wax caps first drop into a straining system and the honey separates somewhat from the wax caps.