Rendering Beeswax Cappings

This part of the process is often referred to as rendering beeswax.

Rendering beeswax cappings.

Then i broke it up into pieces and wrapped it up inside two layers of fine cheesecloth and reprocessed it. For cleaning the wax from only one or two hives i use a very simplified process that can be completed in about an hour. 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. 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.

Here i have a mixture of cappings and chunks of broken comb. I learned this the hard way. You will want to rinse at least three times. Put all cappings in a large bowl and fill with water.

When you spin honey there is always leftover wax and there s always a bit of honey left in that wax. 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. At this point the beeswax is still sticky and some beekeepers will choose to wash them.

What are the steps for rendering beeswax. How to wash beeswax cappings. The cakes of wax from this first straining. First take the wax cappings from the frames and place them in a heavy pot.

Rinse your leftover wax cappings. It is as simple as placing your cappings in a bucket and adding water. Beeswax protects the skin while allowing it to breath. I did not want that in the wax i was going to be using so it needed to be removed.

The pot should be at least 2 inches higher than the wax cappings you are rendering. Once i discovered our beeswax had some small particles of crud in it i had to wait for it to solidify. How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax. We use it to make candles and reusable food wraps.

Kinda like washing green. There is also a good amount of honey still in there which. Rendering beeswax is the first step in the purification process. Let the wax soak for at least one hour.

But i had to clean it up a bit. Cappings from your honey extraction.