Wax Dipping Beekeeping Equipment

The water within the boxes boils out and it is replaced with wax.

Wax dipping beekeeping equipment.

Wax dipped beehives and beekeeping equipment. 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. Tank for wax dipping your wooden hive ware. This process cooks.

Specifications and more info on wax dipping. I got the tank from a friend who had it custom made. The wax is heated to 160 celsius 320 fahrenheit and the boxes are submerged for 10 minutes. Coating the wood in wax is beneficial for the bees and the hive itself.

Funny farm apiaries llc. Normally approximately 4 5 minutes the hive world dipping tank is designed to make this process as safe as possible. C so the wax penetrates the timber and to leave the components in long enough to ensure they are heated right through. Can do 3 supers at a time.

It is currently contains 280 lbs of paraffin and beeswax. The tank is stainless and filled with a mixture of 2 1 paraffin to microcrystalline wax. Parrafin wax is one of the industrial wax that you can use to dip your boxes in. Hivefive apiary bee supply llc 149 trident point rd.

Offers services in hot wax dipping of beehive woodenware. A few years ago we built a wax dipping tank. Wax dipping beekeeping equipment. Welcome to funny farm apiaries llc.

Choose an option 2kg 5kg 28kg. Hot wax dipping is a great way to preserve your beehives for years to come. 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.