Rendering beeswax is the first step in the purification process.
Rendering beeswax cappings.
But i had to clean it up a bit.
I did not want that in the wax i was going to be using so it needed to be removed.
The beeswax was full of bits of honey and brown hard cappings.
At this point the beeswax is still sticky and some beekeepers will choose to wash them.
When rendering beeswax from brood comb i highly suggest doubling or even tripling the layers of cheesecloth.
Beeswax protects the skin while allowing it to breath.
We use it to make candles and reusable food wraps.
Let the wax soak for at least one hour.
Because of its anti inflammatory antibacterial and antiviral benefits we also use it in many of our soaps and skin care products.
It is as simple as placing your cappings in a bucket and adding water.
Cappings from your honey extraction.
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.
How to wash beeswax cappings.
Kinda like washing green.
The cakes of wax from this first straining.
What are the steps for rendering beeswax.
There is also a good amount of honey still in there which.
Only use cool clear water to clean your beeswax cappings.
When you spin honey there is always leftover wax and there s always a bit of honey left in that wax.
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.
Here i have a mixture of cappings and chunks of broken comb.
While honey is very precious beeswax cappings are even more so.
Once i discovered our beeswax had some small particles of crud in it i had to wait for it to solidify.
You will want to rinse at least three times.
Then i broke it up into pieces and wrapped it up inside two layers of fine cheesecloth and reprocessed it.
I learned this the hard way.
First take the wax cappings from the frames and place them in a heavy pot.
Rinse your leftover wax cappings.
How to clean and render beeswax every beekeeper seems to have a different method for rendering wax.