Important to Note: The video explains this method saves you throwing out honey during the rendering process but note this honey has lost all of its antibacterial properties when heated to render the wax and some honey will caramelise. Therefore, the honey should not be sold as raw cold filtered honey. An excellent use for this honey would be to use it for cooking since honey used when baking a cake, for example, would be heated far above the temperature used when rendering the beeswax. Also note the video mentions you should not leave the microwave unattended during this process and only heat it in short periods to avoid any danger of combustion. Rendering Beeswax: Learn [The Easy Way] with this Step By Step Beginners Guide. Bruce White explains if you have just 1 or 2 hives, how easy & simple it can ...
Thanks Bruce - helpful information. Just need the wax for more foundation. Do have a microwave but now need to eat 8L of ice cream before I can continue (unless I can find right size Pyrex).
Thanks Lukas. We think this method is a great idea for hobbyists with only a few hives [and a microwave]. You mentioned you need more sun, are you in Australia?
@@SaveOurBees Hi used the microwave putting all the gunk in the dog's feed bowl, needed about 5 minutes, poured into a container to collect the honey and then wax on top. The honey looks dark, bit different to normal honey, but still nice to eat. The wax was then put into moulds all looks great. By the way used a single thickness chux wipe cloth to hold back the gunk. Had to do it inside, too many bees outside!
@@vanessa1971tv thanks for the feed back. Yes I've used chux cloth in the past too, it's ok but not as fine as some curtain fabric that filters out a little more debris. The honey does turn dark because to liquify the wax U need a minimum of 62 degrees. Then the honey shortly after that starts to change a little like caramelization I think because of the sugars naturally occuring in honey. I'm not sure about putting the stuff into the dogs bowl, not something I would do. I hope it all goes well. 😀
Hi & thanks for the feedback. Bruce used a common curtain fabric. The type that 's almost see through and has a mesh as fine as stockings. He buys the offcuts from shops like spotlight or any other curtain fabric supplier.
Thanks for your feedback. Yes good point, cooking the honey (or nuking it as a friend calls it) takes the good qualities from the honey. But if you can make use of it in cooking, it' a lot better than throwing it away. Sugar can be substituted for honey in a lot of recipes by reducing the liquid content. Also, it's great to use in stir fry's eg: honey prawns. And the honey gets a type of caramelizing flavour when it's over heated.
Just wondering why nobody ever thought about using a food dehydrator to render/clean up beeswax.. it's a warm air flow and temperature can be controlled.. thoughts??
No!! 😮 I won't buy microwaved wax from that at all. Nuked wax loses its medicine. Nuked ice cream containers mess with hormones. I'm sure there is an appropriate timing for this ..but no!! It's so hard to watch. Honey also shouldn't be boiled or bake or it does add toxins to the body says Ayurveda. As a buyer of fine waxes I'm mortified. 😅 As a maker if surf wax or something I can see how this is a quick easy method. 😅
Not the most ideal way to process wax, no but it sometimes is the only way a beekeeper with 1 hive is prepared to do. The honey is not boiled though yes it loses it's raw qualities. For this reason you can use that honey in cooking or other areas where RAW honey is not needed. Thanks for your points.
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