How to apply a coating of beeswax to plastic foundation

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This is a simple technique to apply a coat of beeswax to plastic foundation sheets. The beeswax treatment encourages the honeybees to draw out new comb on the foundation. They will eventually draw out the foundation without treating it with beeswax but it take considerably longer reducing the productivity of the colony.

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10 сен 2024

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@PigCreekHomestead 9 лет назад

Much better than "painting" the plastic foundation with a brush! :)

@Atlas531 6 лет назад

All I can hear is the banging on the barrel, can't hear the guy talking.

@66otnt 8 лет назад

Brilliant!!! Thankyou mate!

@andylamm5571 3 года назад

We have found that our Bee's will NOT use or clean plastic foundation cells that are full of wax. How do you prevent was from filling the cells up? Or do you fill them and your Bee's are working harder than ours??? Thank you for your time.

6 лет назад

Hola. Gracias por subir videos que contribuye a engrandecer la apicultura . Eres una gran persona. Tienes el vídeo de como remover panales de lámina plástica? . Saludos desde Chile.

@charlesoneill466 6 лет назад

Thanks for the video.

@mishagray2835 6 лет назад

Got one question does your was pot have water in the bottom?

@elephantcup 5 лет назад

Ha ha ha! How to apply wax to foundations if you happen to have 100 lbs of wax and a huge barrel to melt it in. If you have all of that, by golly it's easy!!

@michaeljones1715 6 лет назад

Did you say you had water in the bottom with about 20mm of wax on top in the boiler ?

@AustralianHoneybee 6 лет назад

Correct.

@jorgevaldes4814 7 лет назад

What brand of plastic foundation are they?

@AustralianHoneybee 7 лет назад

Hello Jorge, Thanks for your question. These are Beeplas which is an Australian Made product. It is made by a beekeeper in Victoria Australia - Max Cane.

@fuyo1563 5 лет назад

how much wax it takes / foundation ?

@AustralianHoneybee 5 лет назад

About 30 - 40 grams of wax per sheet. We find a 9kg block of wax will treat around 300 plastic foundation sheets.

@johnmaggs769 6 лет назад

Too bad,looked like a good video but couldn't hear a thing. ! the banging was loud and clear tho.

@cluelessbeekeeping1322 4 года назад

If you can't figure it out without commentary, you probably shouldn't bee using hot wax, you'll almost certainly hurt yourself. So, in this case, think of the bad audio as a good thing (in your _Special_ case)