Beeswax: how to properly heat

In almost every corner of the planet, where optimal conditions for growing bees are created, they are creating apiaries. This article will discuss how to heat beeswax and what can be made from it.

Processed products

The question of kindling beeswax is very popular, moreover, not only among avid beekeepers, but also among ordinary citizens. In the melted form, it is actively used for sale in various fields:

• ointments and creams, face masks, balms;
• candles;
• household chemicals.

Melted beeswax, only in a small percentage, is sent to circulation in the apiary in the form of wax, the rest is sold. Therefore, difficulties often arise with how to heat beeswax from old frames or using special equipment. Even avid beekeepers are in search of a more rational way of processing.

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Only by doing exactly that order will the result not only satisfy, but also bring benefits.

Key features and cleaning principles

Cleaning the so-called wax materials from various impurities is a delicate process that requires attention, because the quality of the performance of its functions in the apiary depends on the purity of the wax. From the cleaning process comes the ease and speed of the furnace process, therefore, attention to this issue must be paid.

Basic cleaning principles:

1. Before starting the cleaning, it is worth knowing that the most suitable raw material for this process will be freshly rebuilt, light wax caps, or the so-called honeycombs.
2. In order for the product to be suitable for sale, at a minimum, you need to make sure that during the cleaning of the frames, it does not mix with propolis. In the worst case, the quality of bee raw materials will be many times less than required.
3. Keep clean all the equipment, the quality of the final product depends on it.

The product in question is of great importance for beekeepers, since it helps to produce special folk remedies and medicines. Interesting facts to know about:

• each bee family allows the beekeeper to collect about 800-1000 grams of the substance;
• during processing (cleaning, firebox), from the bulk, at least about 35% is lost.

Production of the product is carried out in a variety of variations. Compact plants are used in apiaries, among the production methods, the following are considered the main ones:

• solar wax refinery
• steam wax refinery
• use waxpress.

We also advise you to learn how to make a bee stew - you can read about it here.

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How to choose the best way?

Among the most common and popular technologies for the furnace, it is possible to note solar and steam, as well as, with the help of some kind of wax press. In order to remove all conditional question marks, it will not be out of place to talk in more detail about each of the ways. Next, we will talk about how to melt beeswax using mechanical devices.

Solar wax refinery. Fresh, light wax is recommended to be reheated in this way.This technology consists of a relatively small box (made of wood or steel), covered on top with two frames in the form of double glass, so that it increases the "degree" of sunlight. You need to do everything in stages:

1. Inside the so-called box, it is necessary to install a baking sheet with slopes of 40 degrees, as well as a container of tin, into which, over time, the product will drain.
2. Inside the wax refinery, on the previously installed baking sheets in it, it is necessary to place the wax raw material, under the influence of direct sunlight it will begin to heat up and drown.
3. It only remains for the beekeeper to set the empty tank instead of the container already filled with the melted product.

Steam wax refinery. Today, in a more modern and much more convenient way for cleaning and heating, there is a steam furnace technology, which is presented in the form of a large structure, very similar to a dimensional iron box. In addition to an impressive appearance, it is possible to melt wax using a steam wax refinery, not only easily, but also quickly, this design includes a lot of advantages:

• based on the size of the steam structures for the furnace of products of this type, they can accommodate both 3 frames and 25 frames, the processing of which with steam, occurs very quickly, on average, within 20 minutes;
• in addition to the fact that due to the functionality of steam wax refining, it is possible to melt the wax, as an addition, it is also possible to clean the frames with steam, which kills bacteria and removes the so-called plaque from the walls in the form of wax or wax.

Next, we will consider the process of how to wax beeswax in a wax refinery using a new device. All actions must be performed only in a clean room with constant ventilation. After the furnace, the equipment must be sterilized and cleaned. Work technology:

1. In a special, so-called barrel, you need to pour water.
2. Then you need to put a wax refinery on the barrel, inside of which, due to heating of the water, steam will start to be produced, it will begin to heat the raw materials.
3. Due to the rapid influence of steam on it, it will begin to flow out through a special faucet, therefore, under the faucet, it is worth putting at least some kind of vessel.

Voskressress. As for the latter, also a very popular way, which can quickly and easily melt wax, there is something to tell about, because the production technology is really “crystal”, in other words, requiring attention and time.

First of all, it is worth noting what exactly is waxpress. In simple terms, wax wax has the appearance of a barrel. Inside which there is a special screw, during rotation, pressure is created on the bag with wax. Pressure also causes the resulting wax to flow down. As a result, the whole process is based on mechanical energy and is collected in a convenient container.

All of the above methods are considered the main in the field of beeswax extraction. But, parallel to this statement, they believe that the furnace of raw materials at home by other methods is also an effective procedure.

Having figured out how to heat beeswax without wax refinery and other devices, you can safely proceed to production. Processing in other ways can affect the quality, which will lead to the rejection of wax and other products and goods made from the same bee product.

Using such sophisticated equipment will not bring you any discomfort. The product is heated by itself, you only need to monitor the process.

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