Wax and syrup

[LeeValeur]

Hi , I was wondering if anyone would bother rendering wax that still has old sugar syrup / Candipolline in it ? Would it be worth the hassle? Many thanks , Lee

 

[Curly green finger's]

Hi , I was wondering if anyone would bother rendering wax that still has old sugar syrup / Candipolline in it ? Would it be worth the hassle? Many thanks , Lee

I soak my honey wax washing it through a siv with water before rendering down in hot water no reason why you couldn’t do the same.

 

[LeeValeur]

Thanks for replying , I might have a go at that.

 

[Vanterrier]

I know this doesn't answer your question, sorry, but I thought it would be of interest to other beginners who, like me, have not reached the stage of recovering wax. Apologies if its already covered elsewhere on the forum, I couldn't see anything in the stickies section...

https://hannasbees.ie/how-to-render-beeswax/

HTH someone.
K

 

[LeeValeur]

I know this doesn't answer your question, sorry, but I thought it would be of interest to other beginners who, like me, have not reached the stage of recovering wax. Apologies if its already covered elsewhere on the forum, I couldn't see anything in the stickies section...

https://hannasbees.ie/how-to-render-beeswax/

HTH someone.
K

Thank you for the link . My problem is that I have 8 brood/super boxes full of comb that has been filled with a mixture of sugar syrup, Candipolline and honey from last season. I don’t know whether it would be worth the hassle to reclaim the wax or not . Cheers for your help though , very kind of you , Lee

 

[Jimmy]

I'd hold onto any frames of stores for a few weeks at least. It might be spring like for a few days now but if it turns wet and cool a few frames of stores may be a godsend.

 

[Curly green finger's]

If they are just honey frames and haven’t had brood in them they are well worth rendering down or as jimmy said keeping for stores or splitting colony’s.

 

[drex]

If it is good comb, just with stores in, why render it down? Drawn comb is a valuable asset to the bees. Get the bees to clean it up for you. Treat for wax moth and store it until needed.

 

[Macbear]

I soak my honey wax washing it through a siv with water before rendering down in hot water no reason why you couldn’t do the same.

With plenty of rainwater available, and quite a lot of old frames my method has been:
1. strip the foundation out and break it into pieces no bigger than three square inches straight into an old pillowcase
2. clothes pegs to close to opening of the pillowcase. Dunk it several times into a large bucket of clean rainwater. Refill the bucket and leave the pillowcase etc in for a couple of hours, then dunk a few more times before hanging the pillowcase on an empty section of washing line to drip dry.
3. render down using one's preferred method and filter etc.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I have 8 brood/super boxes full of comb that has been filled with a mixture of sugar syrup, Candipolline and honey from last season

they don't store candipoline, they just convert it to sugar 'honey' same as they do to sugar syrup.
just was it out and render it down