Mikey Sklar & Wendy Tremayne
Separate Wax from Honey with a Temperature Controller
We pulled the first frame of honey from our beehive this year. I should have been better prepared as I decided to check the hive on a whim with nothing more than a face mask. The bees chased me off. One stinging me in my ankle. Wendy and I immediately went back out with smoker in hand and took a capped 8 lb frame full of honey.
Separating wax from honey has been a bit of a challenge for us in the past. I decided to try using our temp controller with a crock pot to hold a water bath at 118F. Then we put the honey + wax in mason jars until they warm up. This worked pretty well. We have beautiful honey with no wax in it. Now we can easily use the wax for salves and lip balm.
Separate Wax from Honey with a Temperature Controller
We pulled the first frame of honey from our beehive this year. I should have been better prepared as I decided to check the hive on a whim with nothing more than a face mask. The bees chased me off. One stinging me in my ankle. Wendy and I immediately went back out with smoker in hand and took a capped 8 lb frame full of honey.
Separating wax from honey has been a bit of a challenge for us in the past. I decided to try using our temp controller with a crock pot to hold a water bath at 118F. Then we put the honey + wax in mason jars until they warm up. This worked pretty well. We have beautiful honey with no wax in it. Now we can easily use the wax for salves and lip balm.