Look how much refined beeswax was gotten by rendering wax cappings. 

What a great family, and a wonderful visit, and I hope you guys can make it down one day as well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Sheri. Mr. Ed

So very happy to bee there for you, thank you for taking the time to watch and leave your kind words. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thanks for your help! Exciting to hear from you! Better than Elvis Pressly!

Thank you very much for your kind words and for taking the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures, it is greatly appreciated. Yes, very often I'm surrounded by chaos, but for me, because of the inner peace I have inside because of my faith, order manages to come out of it. I sincerely hope that will bee the case for you as well. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Thank you for your blessings, kind words, and taking the time to watch, it is all greatly appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace Amber. Mr. Ed

Let me know when you plan on coming down, I'll make sure I'm here. Thanks for watching. God's peace Mark. Mr. Ed

Thank you so much for your blessings, love, and for taking the time to watch our videos, it is all greatly appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace Collette. Mr. Ed

Thank you Mama B. and if you liked this one, stay tuned, I'm getting ready to shoot another wax rendering video. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

AS of right now, they don't need any wax as I gave them about 20 pounds a few months back. Still, I'm sure they will bee needing some soon. God's peace Lorraine. Mr. Ed

I do the same. I collect all my burr comb when doing split, and I got a 11 pound block from it this year. Thanks for watching. God's peace Bob. Mr. Ed

Happy to bee there for you Christopher. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Don't worry, I'll be making many more rendering wax videos, I love them as well. Thanks for watching, and until the next time, God's peace Bunny. Mr. Ed

There's a lot of bee wranglers out there on RU-vid for sure, I'm just glad to hear you like my channel. thank you for your blessings and kind words. Until the next one, God's peace Ron. Mr. Ed

One day I will make one of them as well, I like them also. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

A fire pit is the right way to do it, but in a pinch, the torch is a great stand in. For sure a better time to do rendering is when it's to cold for the bees to fly, but, it just does not seem to work out that way for me. Great hearing from you Tadd, God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Though it appears to bee a lot, by the time I use what I need for the Abbee Honey operation, and Brother Austin gets his for the Monk Soap operation, it's all used up till next year. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Any guy that loves fire is automatically a friend of mine. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

And I am delighted that you stopped by my channel. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Khan. Mr. Ed

And the smell is heavenly! Thanks for watching. God's peace Jim. Mr. Ed

Just when you thought it could not get any better....wham! Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

To bad there were no queens in there. Thanks for watching. God's peace Micah. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff thank you and bless you for doing God's work. They say Jesus is building a house for us in heaven. I for one can't wait to see it, he was a carpenter and has had a while to work on his project. I'm a commercial plumber and so if He asks me will gladly plunge toilets, fix urinals, and change faucets and pipes. ( Do you think there are inspectors and building codes in heaven). I lost a long term friend to cancer and have had a reoccurring dream of her playing tag you are it with children in a ramshackle building made up of homes , sheds, and mansions that goes on for miles in a field full of flowers and green grass. When I catch up to her she laughs at me and tells me it's not my time and runs away. I pray to understand the meaning behind this because it happens a lot and I wake up really sad and crying.

@@JeffHorchoff I consider it to be a miracle and give thanks to God even though it hurts.

@@JeffHorchoff it's always my pleasure to watch you work. You are the Bob Ross of beekeeping. I was inspired to start a colony that was on a branch in the open here in Cleveland Tx. The colony got busy lt up to three deep brood boxes and tried to murder me one overcast day. They followed me 300yrds to the barn after I left with 40+ stings through the bee suit. My wife of 20+ years called it to my attention while I was on a tea break that they were attacking my suit which was left on the golf cart (30.000 -35,000 bees. I located the queen and gave her the hive tool test. The rest of the bees were disbursed our of the back of my pickup truck along highway 1010 at 75 mph after they refused to be required twice in two weeks. I have nine hives now and am in the process of doing splits with some very gentle bees. I usually only use gloves and a bonnet now. Good luck in your endeavors sir, and God speed.

@@JeffHorchoff juli Norman with winding creek apiary told me that wild colony was a.h.b. I hope you never get bad genetics in your area. She told me that if they followed me that far to.sting me then they weren't worth keeping. It's a shame because they were good producers.

Always love having a bit of fun, thanks so much for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Not mine, just some visitors to the abbey. My daughter is 33 years old. Thanks for watching. God's peace, Mr. Ed

Hey Steve, you are more than welcome to come on down again for the next harvest. Your help would bee greatly appreciated. Happy Easter brother, God's peace. Mr. Ed

You have been busy as a bee Mr. Ed! Bet you never hear that huh? lol

AMEN to that! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Ryno. Mr. Ed

Thank you Ron, and a very joyous Easter to you and yours as well. He has risen! God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Those girls give away my location every time. Gary, if you enjoyed this video or wax rendering, I'm posting another one in just a few minutes. If you have time and are up to watching another one, I sure would appreciate it. And yes, there are bees in it. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Thank you so much for your blessings and for watching, it is greatly appreciated. Happy Easter to you and yours as well. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I bet she did! Thanks for watching. God's peace Paul. Mr. Ed

Yes they do, and they are masters of it. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Ziree. Mr. Ed

What guy does not like fire? God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Thank you very much for your kind words and for watching as well. Also, I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Karii. Mr. Ed

@JeffHorchoff Thanks for the quick reply. I will definitely do that. More love from Uganda, the pearl of Africa. I will be inquiring more from you. I am a one year old bee keeper. My first harvest will be this mid-August. Thanks. God bless you

You are very welcome, and thank you so much for taking the time to watch the video, it is greatly appreciated. Also, I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Lanette. Mr. Ed

Wait for Fridays new post, I install a cut out into it, and you are not going to believe the size of the hive that went into my Layens. Until next Friday, God's peace Conner. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff can't wait. Shalom from Israel. It's swarm season here and we've already caught one. We also just finished the orange blossom nectar flow and I'm so excited to see how fast the girls are laying up honey.

Hot water would clean the screen better and less work needed

I was thinking boiling water too.

You are very welcome, and thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to watch my bee wrangling adventures. Not to worry, I'll bee making more. Until the next one, God's peace Jane. Mr. Ed

Wait till you see my next Friday's post, I install a cut out into my Layens. I do love it. Let me know what you think. Thanks for watching. God's peace Evonne. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff I look forward to seeing the video

I use a hive tool and it works great. Thanks for your suggestion and for watching. Until the next one, God's peace Milo. Mr. Ed

We had such a great visit, and the kids watch my videos faithfully every Saturday. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

What a great story, and I'm honored to bee a part of it. Best wishes for your continued successes. Thanks for watching.God's peace Michelle. Mr. Ed

You know I will, thank for watching. God's peace Jennifer. Mr. Ed

@Jeff Horchoff Bees I like the part where you scrape the gunk of the wax blocks...it is relaxing lol don't forget to show that!!

I have done probably a dozen wax processing videos over the years, and each time I do one, I learn something new. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Sherry. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff Thank you Jesus! ❤️♥️❤️

Thank you Mike, and a joyous Easter to you and yours as well. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Thank you and Happy Easter to you and yours. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thank you for your kindness Larry. Happy Easter brother. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Love it! Fire is amazing! Thanks for watching and for your idea. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thank you Ed and clan, and a very joyous Easter to all of you as well. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

To date, I have 8 swarms....but the season is just beginning. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Thank you so much for your Easter blessings Joyce, and may the joy of the Risen Christ remain with you and yours as well. God's peace always. Mr. Ed

So wonderful to hear from you again Kate, I hope all is well. For sure, if you ever make a visit here I will bring them out for you. God's peace. Mr. Ed

He's always somewhere in the back ground keeping tabs on me. Just a heads up, next weeks video is a cut out we did together two days after this video was shot.Thanks for watching. God's peace Ethan. Mr. Ed

I'm going to have to get some, that fire is HOT! Thanks for watching. God's peace Marc. Mr. Ed

That's why I poured it on the ground to allow the bees to get the honey from it. Thanks for watching. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

Hey Richard, always an honor to have you watching, thank you so much for dropping by. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

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Thank you, and Happy Easter to you and yours as well. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I was really hoping you were going to make it here for the Paschal Triduum, It's been a while since you have been. Anyway, I will bee sure to tell the abbot hello for you, he will like that. Thank you for your Easter blessings, and may the joy of the Risen Lord be with you always. Happy Easter Linda. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I hear you loud and clear brother. God's peace Joseph. Mr. Ed

I do not know about that, but I will give it a shot and see if it works. If it does, I'll make a video about it. Thanks for the idea and for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

That may bee true, but I have been doing the same burning for over 2 years now on that strainer and no rust has every appeared. I know one day it will be no good anymore, but at that point I will get another one. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

We are brothers in fire, awesome! Thanks for watching. God's peace Mike. Mr. Ed

Thank you and Happy Easter to you and yours. God's peace. Mr. Ed

Bardzo dziękuję i Tobie również życzę radosnych Świąt Wielkanocnych! Pokój Boży zawsze. Panie Ed

Only in my head. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I have know idea why there is so much trash in the cappings, but I do know when the wax is made, and it's only made from certain aged bees, it comes from glands in their abdomen. Thanks for watching and suggesting. God's peace Jess. Mr. Ed

Generally, bees draw comb when there is a nectar flow. AS long as food is coming into the hive, they will build comb. However, it is mostly limited to the spring and early summer months. Thanks for watching. God's peace Carl. Mr. Ed

As the wax is not eaten, and the screen will ONLY be used with wax, I'm not concerned about the screen losing it's food grade status. I have used boiling water in the past, but it will not remove the dirt that is imbedded in the screen. Fire is the fastest and best method for me. God's peace. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff Mr. Ed I appreciate your commitment to produce your channel. The first video of you that I viewed was of you placing swarm traps . I appreciate your faith and dedication in Jesus. Says a lot of your character, spirit and integrity. Thank you for all that you are doing .

Even though our weather is somewhat unpredictable, I would not have it any other way...I do love living here. Thank you for your blessings, kind words, and for watching, it is all greatly appreciated. Until the next one, God's peace. Mr. Ed

A very good thought, but the water mixture would have to be refrigerated to prevent mold from forming and fermentation, so the effort and expense is not worth it for me to do that. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

First, thank you for your blessings, it's the best perk I have with the channel. Second, I have used boiling water to clean the strainer, and it does work....pretty good. However, it does not remove the embedded dirt from the screen. For that, fire is necessary. Plus, it's so much faster. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I have used boiling water and steam to remove the trash, and it does work, but not well enough. The tough dirt still remains embedded with water and steam, but fire cleans it right out. Thanks for watching. God's peace Cynthia. Mr. Ed

Sorry about that, I got a bit to close to the phone and it was on full volume so I could hear it from outside. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

I can't say about the wax you bought whether it will clean up or not, but normally, each time the wax is filtered, it gets lighter in color as more of the particulars are being removed. At least that has been my experience of it. My suggestion, keeping refining it and see what happens. In all my years of rendering wax, I have not overheated it, but I always have water in my mix. Let me know how things work out for you. Thanks for watching. God's peace Jay. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff purchased a "grease filter" stand and filters. Melted at 160⁰ in a paint filter bag with water. Poured up in buckets. Re-rendered the blocks through the grease filters with two layers of paper towels. Looks like dark caramel brown. Sickening. Found way better wax for the same price. Can't afford to do it again.

I certainly will the next time. God's peace. Mr. Ed

@@JeffHorchoff And to you!

Now that's a great idea, you want to be head of that operation....it comes with an office at the abbey. Think about it. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

The capping wax is used for Monk Soap as well as Abbee Honey. Capping wax is suppose to be the best type of wax to put on foundations. I have thought of many ways to recover the honey from the water after rendering, but in the end, simply pouring it on the ground works very well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Vicki. Mr. Ed

It may have been like beer for them, it was a bit fermented. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed

The trash that is left over from cappings is almost all dirt, but I'm sure there is enough wax left in it to burn just like it does on the filters. So yes, I'm pretty sure it could be burned on a fire or used as a fire starter. I'm going to investigate that. Thanks for the idea and for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed

That's correct, not a drop is wasted. Thanks for watching. God's peace Dan. Mr. Ed

I use an air stapler, and I shoot a 1 1/4 inch staple. The video link below shows how I build my frames. Thanks for watching. God's peace Nancy. Mr. Ed ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-clUNGgjLGPo.html