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  • From: Jeff Bollinger <jeff01 AT email.unc.edu>
  • To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] [Fwd: processing beeswax]
  • Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:16:19 -0400

> Hello,

I have tried processing cappings into wax over this past weekend, I took the cappings directly from the uncapping tank, put them into a double boiler and melted everything down to liquid. There was a lot of brown gunk in it. When I tried to run this thru cheesecloth it just plugged up. I then decided that it was too thick so I dumped the 2 quarts of liquid into the hot water in the boiler. I then poured the resulting liquid thru some nylon panyhose and let sit overnight. In the morning I had a thin skim of hardened wax with a layer of brown sugar like material underneath, all floating on brown water. I want to know if there is anyway to salvage this batch?

I keep my bees in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Thanking you in advance for any help you may deliver.

Jeff

Sounds like that wax could be saved still. Here's what I did the last time I "harvested" and cleaned beeswax:

http://www.theocba.org/?q=node/47

Jeff




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