Wax Dipping Beekeeping Equipment

Specifications and more info on wax dipping.

Wax dipping beekeeping equipment.

C so the wax penetrates the timber and to leave the components in long enough to ensure they are heated right through. The water within the boxes boils out and it is replaced with wax. Normally approximately 4 5 minutes the hive world dipping tank is designed to make this process as safe as possible. Offers services in hot wax dipping of beehive woodenware.

This shows how we cook woodenware at 300 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes in a mixture of 20 microcrystalline wax and 80 paraffin wax. Can do 3 supers at a time. Welcome to funny farm apiaries llc. The tank is stainless and filled with a mixture of 2 1 paraffin to microcrystalline wax.

Choose an option 2kg 5kg 28kg. The key is to have the wax as hot as safely possible 150 160deg. It would have been nice if it were taller but it works ok and i didn t have the time or money to get a better one made. I was expanding my beekeeping and bought a lot of new equipment so i decided to try dipping in wax and gum rosin to preserve the equipment.

The wax is heated to 160 celsius 320 fahrenheit and the boxes are submerged for 10 minutes. Hot wax dipping is a great way to preserve your beehives for years to come. Hivefive apiary bee supply llc 149 trident point rd. This process cooks.

I got the tank from a friend who had it custom made. Tank for wax dipping your wooden hive ware. A few years ago we built a wax dipping tank. Wax dipping beekeeping equipment.

Wax dipped beehives and beekeeping equipment. It is currently contains 280 lbs of paraffin and beeswax. Parrafin wax is one of the industrial wax that you can use to dip your boxes in.