Homemade beeswax starter strips and foundation for comb honey @ Les Gold

I use my own beeswax to make starter strips or foundation for comb honey. The process of making the wax sheets, rolling, cutting to size and fitting them to the round sections is covered in this clip.

[@glennmiller5353]

Love the way you go about things Les...just great!

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks Glenn. I’m happy that you enjoyed the clip

[@victoryfirst2878]

Nice work fella. Keep on working with bees.

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks mate. Will do

[@loislangley2975]

Thanks for info on way to put wax in frame. Top part of hexagon up. No one told me that.

[@lesgold2132]

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[@chepindichepindi3328]

Thank you

[@lesgold2132]

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[@PatrickRaphael-oc3ud]

Can bee stay for this one

[@jab376]

Nice video.

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks Ja B

[@mesbahhawli3406]

Hi les, the paddle can be any material or do you have a preference?

[@lesgold2132]

I have used plywood and pine. Both seem to work well

[@palmwoodshoney9213]

Hi Les
Great vids, Im in Brisbane, been making my own foundation like you do, and rolling them, but my bees are reluctant to work on it, any thoughts?

[@lesgold2132]

For normal foundation I make sure that the wax is not too clean, ie. only double filtered. The smell of honey is still in the wax. The only thing that I can think of is a lack of nectar coming in. The bees will draw comb if they need to. Try putting one of your own foundation frames in the middle of the brood box.The bees should have it drawn out in a week. A “bait” comb from the brood box placed into the middle of the super will also encourage bees to start drawing comb. Good luck with it.

[@sonofthunder.]

im gunna try this

[@lesgold2132]

Hope it works well for you

[@mudasirbhat5347]

How much this embossing machine cost you

[@lesgold2132]

They are quite expensive (about $1200) but I bought mine really cheap many years ago

[@machfukada9078]

Good day. Where did you get the rollers from?

[@lesgold2132]

Hi Mach
Look online. A few of the beekeeping suppliers now sell them.

[@machfukada9078]

@@lesgold2132 many won’t ship to Hawaii. Estimating 80 lbs I can understand why

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

Good one Les you have max adds turned on and it makes your clip way too hard to watch.

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

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[@ajirchannel2052]

Berapa harga mesin pondasi yang dasar dan satunya

[@lesgold2132]

The foundation roller costs approximately $1000 au.