Wax Dipping Bee Equipment

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
  • This video shows how and why I "wax dip" all of my beekeeping equipment instead of traditional painting. I share my tank setup, waxes used, wax ratios, how it all works, and show a water penetration test.
    You can see how/why the pieces for this equipment were cut in this video : • Nuc Pallet Build (Part 1)
    How it was all assembled here: • Nuc Pallet Build (Part 2)
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Комментарии • 35

  • @myron2386
    @myron2386 Год назад +2

    A wax dipping tank is on my wish list

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  Год назад +2

      It is nice to have, just wish I would've made it bigger

    • @TechchnologyGuru
      @TechchnologyGuru Год назад

      If you were to build one now how large would you build it? Looking at getting a tank built and curious of suggestions given foam

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  Год назад

      If $$ wasn't an issue, I would keep it the same height and try something like 30"L x 48"W

    • @meloneycrews
      @meloneycrews Год назад

      You don’t need one…we got you covered!!😂😂

    • @beeskneeswax
      @beeskneeswax 3 месяца назад

      every day i dip is saving money and a hundred little burns ... worth it

  • @passakornkantama4839
    @passakornkantama4839 Год назад +1

    very good

  • @meloneycrews
    @meloneycrews Год назад

    Ahhh we just started watching you today..I commented on another of your videos about watching Brad at Faith apiaries and using his plans pretty much for the pallets and he also makes these six frame pallets, my husband just has made some of those in the last few weeks and we are gonna dip them next week! Hubs also built an awesome dip tank that has really been a game changer also!! He built a “cage” to put the equipment in to dip and have a gantry crane that he uses to lower and raise the cage into the wax. Seems so work really well! We’ve enjoyed watching your videos today!!

  • @jimminz10
    @jimminz10 9 месяцев назад

    If you hinge a lid on box with a t bar fitted to underside it will keep heat in and push boxes down for dipping. Might save a few burns too. Great vid

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  8 месяцев назад

      That's basically what I had but it seemed to hold the moisture in and caused problems.

    • @tpeach7625
      @tpeach7625 7 месяцев назад

      Add a couple of vent stacks to the top of the lid to let moisture out. This will solve the moisture buildup inside of the tank.@@hefleyhives

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  7 месяцев назад

      👌

  • @sinisterhipp0
    @sinisterhipp0 3 месяца назад

    Hi, is plywood not damaged by the heat of cooking, the glue doesn't fail ?

  • @KajunHomestead
    @KajunHomestead Год назад

    👍👍👍

  • @zakheintzelman9570
    @zakheintzelman9570 8 месяцев назад +1

    If you touch your paraffin wax, if its sticky to the touch you got the wrong one and is probably causing the excess foam.

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  8 месяцев назад

      What paraffin do you use?

    • @CPMJunkRemoval
      @CPMJunkRemoval 7 месяцев назад

      @zakheinfzelman9570 is there other paraffin waxes out there??

  • @masonh2260
    @masonh2260 Год назад +1

    I am in the process of building one, but I can't decide on dimensions I was going to go with 24x36x36 depth x width x height. My biggest issue is trying to figure out how much wax I will have to buy. Either way good video I subscribed.

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  Год назад

      I calculated the volume I wanted my tank filled. I then got the dimensions of the wax blocks I'd be buying and calculated the volume of one block. I could then figure how many blocks total I needed. I bought extra of course because you will use wax as you dip equipment.

  • @colinnickerson4846
    @colinnickerson4846 6 месяцев назад

    what is the dimensions of your shop, and layout photovideos of your shop... really got my head turning....

  • @HappyBees
    @HappyBees Год назад

    Very interesting, does boiling the ply, not like cause the glue they use to stick all the layers of ply together to come unstuck?

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  Год назад

      I haven't experienced that at all. The titebond iii I use for assembly seems to hold up as well.

  • @wescarver1812
    @wescarver1812 7 месяцев назад

    What gauge steel did you use?

  • @kellycarpenter9350
    @kellycarpenter9350 6 месяцев назад

    if you use fire brick around ghe out side of the tank it will reduce your propaine bill . Its not hard to do .! Im interested in wax formula .Kel

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  6 месяцев назад

      50-50. Parrafin and microcrystalline

  • @jodygucwa8892
    @jodygucwa8892 4 месяца назад

    Is your tank cold rolled steel or stainless steel.

  • @jaymackley3099
    @jaymackley3099 Год назад

    Thanks ,where do you like to source your wax,if you don’t mind.

    • @hefleyhives
      @hefleyhives  Год назад

      Aztec Candle & Soap Supplies
      www.candlemaking.com/

    • @jaymackley3099
      @jaymackley3099 Год назад

      Thanks appreciate it 👍