Wax Dipping Beekeeping Equipment

This is from the beekeeper who sent me the diagrams but my experience is basically the same inside tank dimension are 36 x 24 by 34 depth and it sits 8 above the ground on a steel base so total overall height it 42.

Wax dipping beekeeping equipment. Coating the wood in wax is beneficial for the bees and the hive itself. This process cooks. A few years ago we built a wax dipping tank. Hot wax dipping is a great way to preserve your beehives for years to come.

Tank for wax dipping your wooden hive ware. Welcome to funny farm apiaries llc. The wax is heated to 160 celsius 320 fahrenheit and the boxes are submerged for 10 minutes. Parrafin wax is one of the industrial wax that you can use to dip your boxes in.

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. The key is to have the wax as hot as safely possible 150 160deg. Funny farm apiaries llc.

Wax dipped beehives and beekeeping equipment. Hivefive apiary bee supply llc 149 trident point rd. Can do 3 supers at a time. This shows how we cook woodenware at 300 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes in a mixture of 20 microcrystalline wax and 80 paraffin wax.

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 tank is stainless and filled with a mixture of 2 1 paraffin to microcrystalline wax. Choose an option 2kg 5kg 28kg. 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.

The water within the boxes boils out and it is replaced with wax. Specifications and more info on wax dipping. I got the tank from a friend who had it custom made.