Solar Wax Melters for beekeepers
www.LearningBeekeeping.com Join us on Facebook! http The Solar wax melter is really the best way to deal with wax for any beekeeper who doesn’t live in the Arctic. In this video, I show a simple solar wax melter thats good if you have 1 or 2 hives. Then I show a larger one that is for beekeepers with many hives. Learn more about beekeeping at www.LearningBeekeeping.com
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Why don’t you paint the interior of your melter flat black? Thank you for sharing… nice tip about the plastic containers being good so you can twist to release the was when all is done. Can you place an entire frame inside and allow the wax to drip away from it so you can start new?
HTCSWEOD
March 7, 2012 at 10:12 am
I notice in your second SWM that you don’t seem to use a screen to siphon out the dirt or other non-wax material from the comb. Can you explain why? Thanks for a good video!
GerryGomezPearlberg
March 7, 2012 at 10:26 am
U R THE BEST INFO PERSON IVE SEEN.IM A NEWBEE.GOT 2 BOXES OF ITALIANS,ONE FOR LANG ONE FOR TBH,THB LEFT AFTER BUILDING COMB.HAVE CAUGHT 2 SWARMS ,BOTH LEFT .IVE GOT 6 HIVES,DID AN EXTRACTIN 7-2-11 .WE GOT 20 COMBS ,HONEY AND BROOD,PUT THEM IN FRAMES AND MADE 3 HIVES ,ONE BEEING TBH,AND HAVE BUILT A SWARM TRAP PER UR VIDEO,SOLAR MELTER NEXT . PROCESS ED HONEY SAVED SOME COMB , AND WILL JAR HONEY FOR HEALTH ISSUES WITH ALLERGYS HAVE A HEALTH STORE WANTING LOCAL HONEY !!THANX MCARTNEY
TheRdkgRiders
March 7, 2012 at 11:09 am
good stuff thank u
Chauperr
March 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@ ponderation; what kind of metal/s would you recommend?
RicheDennis
March 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm
nice man….. tnks for sharing!!!.
binlod
March 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm
nice man….. tnks for sharing!!!
binlod
March 7, 2012 at 2:47 pm
simple and effective. Thanks!
goretoye
March 7, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Cool thanks for sharing my man, neat and simple concepts and design build on your wax melters.
Chris
Truefirech
March 7, 2012 at 3:30 pm
haha I was going to wait to the end to speculate whether black paint would be a good idea. -saw the note.
ObiWanShinobi1
March 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm
good advise
ometec
March 7, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I’m getting better on that, i use a tripod now.
OutOfaBlueSky
March 7, 2012 at 5:36 pm
dont move the camera so much
ometec
March 7, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Nicely done. If you do transition to a metal sheet, don’t use galvanized steel because any remaining honey will cause it to acidify and turn black and this will discolor your wax.
ponderation
March 7, 2012 at 6:23 pm