Your mom saw her 96th! That’s wonderful.. People in hospice often hold out for those important things. That said, I’m so sorry to hear it’s the final 48; may you all find peace in your faith at this difficult time, and may her faith guide her home.
Take the time you need in taking care of Mom. My heart goes out to you both. May her final moments here be pain free with you by her side holding her hand. God bless you both.
Good morning Mr. Ed, You know I've never really taken time to read the introductory of a video until recent on your channel. Very well written and explains the reason of how this video was put together. Excellent information and video!! Always good to watch you with my morning cup of coffee.. As for your mom, it shows us the love ur mom taught u a selfless act of love for nature and Christ our lord!! As u show us how to love the Lord and his Creations even with this horrible Virus in this world!! You show us life continues and to be beautiful each day! We need to keep going as well.. Godspeed to ur Mom on journey to heaven.. urs truly Mona
Jeff - I love watching you render wax … very satisfying and joyful. I could watch for hours. We will add you and your mom to our family rosary intentions. God Bless.
Brother what a great video. I've talked to my Daughter about asking you if she can play your videos for her 1st grade classroom. Thank You for sharing what all it takes to give us arguably the best coffee/tea sweetener ever made. We are Blessed You,Rooster & JP make Great Videos for kids. Please know we are Praying You & Family God Bless
Thanks for taking the time to post this in the middle of caring for your mom. Please send her our love, since she knows she has our prayers. (I think it's lovely that you put your work on hold to go to Mass, that you work around the Mass schedule. Thank you for that: so many people don't talk about this, but I love how your life spills into your work, instead of the other way around.) Peace in God!
Blessed be brother! May your mother have at least a last week of ease and rest before sn easy slide into her last sleep and journey jome. Blessed be. For both of you.
Rendering wax is the most satisfying thing besides pulling off a nice fat honey crop! I helped a retired beekeeper who still renders wax for people this fall, and it was quite the experience. He has a melter that holds 6 drums of cappings at a time, then once you get all the "clean" wax out he would put the dirty wax/slum into his wax press that's powered with old railcar pneumatic brake pistons. Everything is steam heated and melts things down quick. Amazing how dry the slum comes out after going through that press. I developed a serious case of wax envy after helping him out! Sorry to hear about your mom 😢
Hello there. I am from the island Barabdos, and am new to beekeeping. I'm volunteering at an apiary to learn and have been three times already. I love it. I'm also a maker of soaps and other bath and body products. I just discovered your channel, and your love for what you do is obvious and so refreshing. You have such a jovial, winning personality. Your lagh is magnetic and certainly lifts my spirits. Your channel is a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much for your kind words and taking the time to watch my bee wrangling adventures, it is greatly appreciated. Also, I strongly urge you to pursue your desire to become a beekeeper, I have always said the world needs as many of them as it can get. God's peace M B. Mr. Ed
Kinda gives new meaning to "Mind your own beeswax!" Lol good morning Mr. Ed. Hope you have a wonderful day dispite all this cold and rain we have been getting of late. Bee careful next week with Mardi Gras next week and bee save. God blessings to you and your dear mother.
Love this. It was a search for beeswax rendering several years ago that led me to your channel. My prayers are with your mother, you, and your family at this time.
Man watching you and the rooster makes me want to get another hive again. I gotta wait till I get a better place other than a trailor park. The 2 springs that i had my 2 hives i couldn't believe the amount of stuff that bloomed because of them. Now spring here is okay but nothing like when you have a bee hive nearby. My favorite part was to just sit a watch the landing board. All the bees comming back and the ones leaving. That was like watching a mini airport. Just sit here now missing my bees in Lake Charles.
Godbless to you and your mom dear Jeff , I was at morning mass and lit two candles for my friend who is going through cancer and for your mom my thoughts and prayers are with you Jeff my friend, god’s blessings.
Thank you for that grand upload Jeff. I'm lookng forward to the one about making lotion. I'm glad your Mom made it to her birthday. I'll keep on praying for her. God bless and see you soon.
Hey Mr. Ed - I did some reading. Wax color has very little to do with sand or anything else. Things like quartz (primary ingredient of sand) and silica (again another primary ingredient) aren't going to dissolve or likely even suspend in the lipids of the wax. That stuff primarily all separates out. So I went and did some research and reading. The primary determinant on wax color is actually the things the bees are pollenating and foraging from in terms of how that affects their wax production. What I read was that beeswax when made by the bees, is largely a white/clear compound. What is secreted from the glands of bees is basically a clear/white wax that is similar in color and properties of refined paraffin wax. When bees excrete the wax, they then munch it with their mandibles to make it soft and malleable and then they use that munched up wax to make the combs and the rest. That's where "coloring" comes into play. What the bees have been munching on is what colors the wax. If they've been munching on things like clove - the wax is going to look more like that golden creme color you have. If they have been munching on other types of plants, the wax color changes as the propolis from the bees as well as pollen they collect, all winds up mixed into the chomping. So the darker wax probably has more propolis suspended in it... It is possible through multiple refinement to get the beeswax back to its natural white color absent the propolis, pollen, and bee munched up stuff in it. I've watched your videos on refinement - and they're not very refined. I mean they look amazing - but they're pretty unrefined by the standards necessary to get it to just "pure wax" from bees. So I read about how do you get wax to be "white" again. Long story short, it's a chemical refinement process combined with filtering through either DE or clay filters, followed by either chemical bleaching or oxygenation to make it brilliant white. I've seen your vids on refinement - those are great... but what I read was a bit more involved with chemicals, multi-pass filters, etc. lol :) What comes out on the other end looks like refined paraffin when you're done but it won't be so oily. I suspect that most candle makers who have white candles that claim they aren't using chemicals to refine - are probably using DE filters to bind to the pollen and propolis and separate it out. That's how pool water is cleaned of microcontaminants - I wouldn't see why you couldn't use DE to filter wax that had been dissolved in something like acetone to make it flow easier.
Until these beeswax rendering videos surfaced on RUclips for me, I had no idea the amount of work i takes to clean the beeswax that I buy to make salves. I thank you, as a representative of those who care for the bees of the world, and as a representative of those who cleans beeswax to buy.
Prayers for your Mom, Mr. Ed. Thank you for all that you do, I look forward to every new video you put out for us. Wishing you the best of luck with everything!
Hi Mr. Ed, I recently discovered your videos. I've been watching JP for a while and you came up in my recommended. I've been working my way through watching all your videos. Theres something so peaceful about bees that helps me destress. I'm hoping to one day get some hives but for now, I'll have to do with watching on RUclips. I think your work for the Abbey is so wonderful. I am currently in the process of joining the Catholic Church and it makes me so happy to see people living out their faith and caring for God's creatures.
Now that's a lot of wax. You have a lot of restraint Mr. Ed I would have been rendering that sludge. However, seeing just how much you rendered from the other cappings I can see why it was just peanuts in comparison. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm going through a really tough patch right now and watching you with your peaceful demeanor and voice is helping me take a break from my stress. God bless ♥♥♥
Hey Mr. Ed ! Thanks a lot for your videos - me and my family learned a lot and we are very impressed when you take some beehives out of housewalls... send you some good thought and prayer for you and your mom- and lightens up a self made ice-beewax candle... greets from Europe / Germany
I use a bag made out of cheesecloth wraped around the unclean wax. Most of the rubbish stays in there. Also put more doubble over cheescloth on the sil to get some more rubbish out. It means a bit, not much, more to do on forehand but it will be cleaner even in the first batch. Together wihh your device it will be perfekt, I think! Good luck and lot's of love from Sweden!
Hello Mr. Ed, I’m sending my love to you, your mother, and everybody you love. Please take time to take care of your family as well yourself through this very difficult time.
Mr Ed thank you so much for your content. You do such a fantastic job explaining your work...I am amazed at the entire process of both rendering wax and harvesting honey.
Brother Jeff, a man as consistently joyous as you must surely have a clean conscience. That alone is a gift of God! Many blessings on your work. We will stand together before Jesus some day.
Curious to learn why you can't just dump all of those buckets in at once up to 4 or 5" of the top. They're cappings after all... Why so many small batches?
Love your videos sir. Specially your always sunny, positive attitude. It's because of you and the Bush Bee Man that I can't wait to have bees on the homestead my wife and I are starting.
So funny that you say the weather is miserable ! The grass is green . Here it is white and I have been dealing with snow for many days ! Thank the lord for a tractor . . It is in the teens . Have to wear a heavy coat, no hoses here right now . Hall water to the stock in buckets , use hot water to melt the ice every day . Oh happy day when he takes this winter away .
Wow! That looks like plenty, but in reading the description, you need all of that plus more, just for your operation. Praying for a peaceful passing for mom. God Bless her, you, and your family.💕👍😊
Caramine red dye is made from conchineal beetles, so it's possible that the pink color came from the beetles (even though SHB isn't related to conchineal beetles).
Thanks soo much for sharing. I like your setups. You have a deep wealth of knowledge. The kettle is very interesting. I wonder if it could be modified. . If it had a second tap gate higher up you could have a disc with small holes that would rest just under the water on top of the blocks and let the wax rise as it melts and keep the majority of slum underneath. Alot less to filter and the colour would be clearer and after you drained the water the slum could be scooped out easily. Theoretically that could save you an entire rendering step. Greatly enjoy your videos. Exceeding Abundant Blessings on the Apiary and Abbey. God Bless.
Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and for taking the time to watch. The kettle I use would be very difficult to modify as it is a jacketed kettle. I know the process could be better, but for me, the way I do it works very well. God's peace Jen. Mr. Ed
Hello there Mr Ed! I’ve been watching your videos for the past year or so now and I’m always excited to see when you post another one! It’s been an incredibly stressful year for me as it has been for many people as I’m sure you are aware. But your videos have always been a big shining bright spot in the middle of all this darkness. Seeing your joy and how you NEVER forget to thank Jesus for something as (relatively) small as finding a queen in a hive reminds me to be thankful to him for everything I have as well. The good and the bad! So thank you for being their. I wish you nothing but success and for the grace of almighty God to bless you, your house, your family, friends, and loved ones. Even the Dirt Rooster! Lol. Anyway keep on doing the Lord’s work brother. And I’ll “keep on watchin” God Bless you.
Well done Mr. Ed. It's beautiful wax and I look forward to watching the soap making video. I make my own soap occasionally. I know everyone does it a little differently. God bless ❤️🐝😁
Do you save the water/honey to feed back to the bees later, or pitch it? You answered my question later in the video. Lord knows I got nothing but agape love for ya, and this is part of the reason why. No waste.
I have a couple of chunks of wax my neighbor gave me before her health took her south west that are really dark brown. As brown if not more than the right hand bucket at 24:00. I've tried a "render" by melting some in water and letting it separate out in a bucket but it came out the exact same color. Is this just what this wax is going to be?
I have a few ideas about your question, and some of the other questions raised here by other people. Firstly, I would like to make the comment that I try to rescue as much cleaned wax as possible, because I have not had lots of wax cappings, and old honeycomb, as Mr Ed has. In some ways I envy him for the amount that he has been able to collect. I have been able to clean some very "cruddy" wax, such as the material which Mr Ed suggested he was not interested in cleaning. Having said that, I have found that there are several things which can be done to simplify the process. There is no doubt that rendering the wax a second time, or third or fourth time, will make it possible to get the wax cleaner and cleaner. Some of the impurities in the wax, and any honey which may still be mixed with the wax, are soluble in water. Therefore I believe that it is beneficial to use plenty of water together with the wax, when we melt it down. I have used about two or three times the volume of water, compared to the volume of wax, when I have melted wax. There is also a lot of other solid material which does not dissolve in water, and which does not melt. This is the "stuff" which really needs to be removed from the wax. I have used a sieve to scoop out the coarser material from the wax and water mixture as it is "cooking". You could use a kitchen sieve which has a coarse wire mesh similar in size to fly screen. I made my own sieve from wire mesh insect screen, and I made it with a long handle so that I can avoid getting scalded by hot wax. With this sieve, I have been able to scoop out virtually all of the coarse solid matter, whether it is dead bees, or silk from brood comb, or other bits of debris. I have found it helpful to then strain the hot wax and water mixture through a cloth filter, such as a piece of old bed-sheet material. This process will capture small particles which passed through the wire sieve. The real secret of getting the wax to be really clean when it sets into a solid block is to let it cool VERY SLOWLY. If you can place your bucket / container of filtered water and wax into a very sheltered position, or wrapped with some kind of insulation blanket, this can be very beneficial. The longer it takes to cool down, the better the result. The benefit is that the very small particles of crud which passed through the filter will settle at the bottom of the wax, but above the water. This is the "muddy" material which can be scraped from the bottom of the block of wax after it is tipped out of the bucket. This muddy material settles, but is very slow to do so. If the water and wax mixture is allowed to cool too quickly, the muddy material will be trapped in the wax as it solidifies. We need to keep the mixture hot for a long time so that the muddy material can all settle to the water level while the wax is still molten. And now to that other problem, of the discoloration of the wax. I do not know the answer, although I suspect that it might be as suggested in another comment in this thread. Carmine red dye is made from cochineal insects, so it's possible that the pink colour came from beetles. Whether this theory is correct or not, I believe that the best way to get really clean wax is to use enough water to dissolve or hold the waste material, and to let the wax cool very slowly.
After posting my reply to your question, I had another thought. In the video Mr Ed showed the various buckets of wax cappings, which had various items of debris, including beetles and beetle larvae. In a situation such as this, with mostly wax particles, but also debris and some residual honey, there could be a real benefit by pre-washing the wax in cold water. The benefit would be that a lot of the solid waste could be scooped out, and the residual honey dissolved out, of the cappings before they were melted. We know that pure wax cappings by themselves would give very clean, pale coloured wax. If any of the impurities contain coloured material or stains, they may discolour the wax when it is melted.
You are very welcome, and thank you for watching this one as well. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kathy. Mr. Ed
That's a lot of wax!!! How many bee hours did it take to produce all of that? (rhetorical question, lol) Wow. Praying for your Mom, you, and your family. May God comfort and bless you all.
Hi Mr Ed, I have to say I enjoyed this vid and your presentation / commentary as it is easy listening, informative and well delivered, as are all your other vids, I am a UK based beekeeper. I do have a question though, based on the size of your kettle and the volume it can hold why do you put so little in each time when you could possibly double the amount and cut down on time and expense on processing the wax?
A gentleman I watched used an empty bee box top layer to put his castings in for the bees to clean and put it on top of hive boxes and made a hole for the bees to get into the top from the boxes below, it keeps the castings cleaner. Hope this helps.
i pray god gives you strength to overcome this battle mr ed, you have been entertaining me for years and again i just want to thank you for sharing that pure soul of yours, it always helps for me to think of all the good times me a my great grandpa shared together. loss isn’t always easy but we cant question gods will 🙏🏼
Hey Jeff, great video as always, just one thing though. The legs on your wax Melter are above the hollow core on the block, (weakest part) I would feel a whole lot better if you would lay a 3/4" or 1 1/2" board between the legs and the block. If that block splits in half you would have a big mess on your hands and possibly get hurt. My mother is in the hospital right now with cancer so I know how you feel right now, know that I am praying for our mothers!
I use a honey/wax seperator. The video link below shows the process. Thanks for watching. God's peace Petra. Mr. Ed ruclips.net/video/17dr9-Z0Ob8/видео.html
hi Jeff nice wax melter you have it looks you head temperature is to hot for the wax it boiling you can clean the wax more , to ad oxalic acid to the wax have a nice bee year
Ed you are making that wax cleaning harder than it needs to be. Get a in kettle screen made up. It needs to be heavy stainless, with legs that keep it suspended half way up the kettle. It also needs to fit closely to the circumference so rubbish can not boil up and sneak around the edges. You then place more water in than you currently use (this creates space for the rubbish to suspend in), then the capping's as normal. Once melted place in the screen. What happens is the water and rubbish are heavy and stay at the bottom of the kettle and the wax passes through the screen and floats on top of a thin layer of water just above the screen. You won't be able to use your kettle drain tap, so get a large jug and ladle out the wax from the top, and pour that through a finer screen into your wax mould. You'll get almost all of the wax out this way and in a cleaner state. That dirt sticks to the kettle screen and can be scrapped off at clean up. I hope that helps, take care and stay safe D
No I don't, it goes right in with all the other wax that will be rendered down. However, the cappings from the honey comb I do keep separated and melted by themselves. Thanks for watch. God's peace Pete. Mr. Ed
Just something about a person that just loves their job I could watch all day. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely! I love work! I could watch others work for days!
Yes. And he's always smiling and happy about the little things with what he does
Your mom saw her 96th! That’s wonderful.. People in hospice often hold out for those important things. That said, I’m so sorry to hear it’s the final 48; may you all find peace in your faith at this difficult time, and may her faith guide her home.
Take the time you need in taking care of Mom. My heart goes out to you both. May her final moments here be pain free with you by her side holding her hand. God bless you both.
Good morning Mr. Ed, You know I've never really taken time to read the introductory of a video until recent on your channel.
Very well written and explains the reason of how this video was put together. Excellent information and video!! Always good to watch you with my morning cup of coffee..
As for your mom, it shows us the love ur mom taught u a selfless act of love for nature and Christ our lord!! As u show us how to love the Lord and his Creations even with this horrible Virus in this world!! You show us life continues and to be beautiful each day! We need to keep going as well.. Godspeed to ur Mom on journey to heaven.. urs truly Mona
Jeff - I love watching you render wax … very satisfying and joyful. I could watch for hours. We will add you and your mom to our family rosary intentions. God Bless.
I could watch beeswax be rendered for literal hours, this is so satisfying to see!!
There is something that is relaxing about it!
I made a playlist of videos dealing with beeswax!
I only wish I had 42 degrees! It was 13 on my way to work today. My thoughts are with you as your dear mom completes her journey. Take care Jeff.🙏
Is something wrong with mr Ed's mother?
It is -18°C here today, that is -0.4°F
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Brother what a great video. I've talked to my Daughter about asking you if she can play your videos for her 1st grade classroom. Thank You for sharing what all it takes to give us arguably the best coffee/tea sweetener ever made. We are Blessed You,Rooster & JP make Great Videos for kids. Please know we are Praying You & Family God Bless
Sending prayers for you and your mom.
Thanks for taking the time to post this in the middle of caring for your mom. Please send her our love, since she knows she has our prayers. (I think it's lovely that you put your work on hold to go to Mass, that you work around the Mass schedule. Thank you for that: so many people don't talk about this, but I love how your life spills into your work, instead of the other way around.) Peace in God!
Blessed be brother! May your mother have at least a last week of ease and rest before sn easy slide into her last sleep and journey jome. Blessed be. For both of you.
Rendering wax is the most satisfying thing besides pulling off a nice fat honey crop! I helped a retired beekeeper who still renders wax for people this fall, and it was quite the experience. He has a melter that holds 6 drums of cappings at a time, then once you get all the "clean" wax out he would put the dirty wax/slum into his wax press that's powered with old railcar pneumatic brake pistons. Everything is steam heated and melts things down quick. Amazing how dry the slum comes out after going through that press. I developed a serious case of wax envy after helping him out!
Sorry to hear about your mom 😢
Hello there. I am from the island Barabdos, and am new to beekeeping. I'm volunteering at an apiary to learn and have been three times already. I love it. I'm also a maker of soaps and other bath and body products. I just discovered your channel, and your love for what you do is obvious and so refreshing. You have such a jovial, winning personality. Your lagh is magnetic and certainly lifts my spirits. Your channel is a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much for your kind words and taking the time to watch my bee wrangling adventures, it is greatly appreciated. Also, I strongly urge you to pursue your desire to become a beekeeper, I have always said the world needs as many of them as it can get. God's peace M B.
Mr. Ed
Kinda gives new meaning to "Mind your own beeswax!" Lol good morning Mr. Ed. Hope you have a wonderful day dispite all this cold and rain we have been getting of late. Bee careful next week with Mardi Gras next week and bee save. God blessings to you and your dear mother.
Hi Jeff. Such a beautiful result. Praying for mom.
Love this. It was a search for beeswax rendering several years ago that led me to your channel. My prayers are with your mother, you, and your family at this time.
This is the part I like about beekeeping, right before the season starts to process all the wax and prepare it for future use
Man watching you and the rooster makes me want to get another hive again. I gotta wait till I get a better place other than a trailor park. The 2 springs that i had my 2 hives i couldn't believe the amount of stuff that bloomed because of them. Now spring here is okay but nothing like when you have a bee hive nearby. My favorite part was to just sit a watch the landing board. All the bees comming back and the ones leaving. That was like watching a mini airport. Just sit here now missing my bees in Lake Charles.
You make it sound so lovely
Beautiful wax. I'm praying for your Momma and you and your family. God bless you and your family .
Godbless to you and your mom dear Jeff , I was at morning mass and lit two candles for my friend who is going through cancer and for your mom my thoughts and prayers are with you Jeff my friend, god’s blessings.
Take all needed time Sir .
Many hugs and may God bless you .
It must be an absolute pleasure to be around you! You radiate God through your happiness and joy in all you do.
Very cool Jeff!! Love the colours
I do love making the wax rendering videos. Thanks for watching. God's peace Sandra.
Mr. Ed
The bird song in the background is so lovely.
Thank you for that grand upload Jeff. I'm lookng forward to the one about making lotion.
I'm glad your Mom made it to her birthday. I'll keep on praying for her. God bless and see you soon.
As much as I love your videos in general, these wax videos are my favorite and the reason I'm a subscriber.
prayers for you and your mom.
Hey Mr. Ed - I did some reading. Wax color has very little to do with sand or anything else. Things like quartz (primary ingredient of sand) and silica (again another primary ingredient) aren't going to dissolve or likely even suspend in the lipids of the wax. That stuff primarily all separates out.
So I went and did some research and reading. The primary determinant on wax color is actually the things the bees are pollenating and foraging from in terms of how that affects their wax production. What I read was that beeswax when made by the bees, is largely a white/clear compound. What is secreted from the glands of bees is basically a clear/white wax that is similar in color and properties of refined paraffin wax.
When bees excrete the wax, they then munch it with their mandibles to make it soft and malleable and then they use that munched up wax to make the combs and the rest. That's where "coloring" comes into play. What the bees have been munching on is what colors the wax. If they've been munching on things like clove - the wax is going to look more like that golden creme color you have. If they have been munching on other types of plants, the wax color changes as the propolis from the bees as well as pollen they collect, all winds up mixed into the chomping.
So the darker wax probably has more propolis suspended in it...
It is possible through multiple refinement to get the beeswax back to its natural white color absent the propolis, pollen, and bee munched up stuff in it. I've watched your videos on refinement - and they're not very refined. I mean they look amazing - but they're pretty unrefined by the standards necessary to get it to just "pure wax" from bees.
So I read about how do you get wax to be "white" again. Long story short, it's a chemical refinement process combined with filtering through either DE or clay filters, followed by either chemical bleaching or oxygenation to make it brilliant white.
I've seen your vids on refinement - those are great... but what I read was a bit more involved with chemicals, multi-pass filters, etc. lol :) What comes out on the other end looks like refined paraffin when you're done but it won't be so oily. I suspect that most candle makers who have white candles that claim they aren't using chemicals to refine - are probably using DE filters to bind to the pollen and propolis and separate it out. That's how pool water is cleaned of microcontaminants - I wouldn't see why you couldn't use DE to filter wax that had been dissolved in something like acetone to make it flow easier.
Great read Bryan, thanks for all the info and for watching. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Ok I guess it's time for reading glasses because I honestly read "180lbs of crappings."
😘😃😁💞😘👏👏🤣
Thats would officially be known as an"oops"
😄😄👏👏💞🤣🤣funniest misread yet!
those rust colored ones are still gorgeous id be happy to have a tiny bit of any one of those beautiful blocks
Making honey isn't a hobby, it looks like quite a complex operation. I've decided to make "watching" bee keeping my hobby. Have a great weekend Jeff.
You better believe it !
Until these beeswax rendering videos surfaced on RUclips for me,
I had no idea the amount of work i takes to clean the beeswax that I buy to make salves.
I thank you, as a representative of those who care for the bees of the world,
and as a representative of those who cleans beeswax to buy.
Prayers for your Mom, Mr. Ed. Thank you for all that you do, I look forward to every new video you put out for us. Wishing you the best of luck with everything!
Another great video, seeing the wax rendered into cleaner blocks of solid wax. Thanks for sharing another step in the process of bee-keeping!
Hi Mr. Ed,
I recently discovered your videos. I've been watching JP for a while and you came up in my recommended. I've been working my way through watching all your videos. Theres something so peaceful about bees that helps me destress. I'm hoping to one day get some hives but for now, I'll have to do with watching on RUclips. I think your work for the Abbey is so wonderful. I am currently in the process of joining the Catholic Church and it makes me so happy to see people living out their faith and caring for God's creatures.
Dear Jeff, I'm so sorry to read about your precious mom. My thoughts are with you and her at this moment.
Now that's a lot of wax. You have a lot of restraint Mr. Ed I would have been rendering that sludge. However, seeing just how much you rendered from the other cappings I can see why it was just peanuts in comparison. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm going through a really tough patch right now and watching you with your peaceful demeanor and voice is helping me take a break from my stress. God bless ♥♥♥
Hey Mr. Ed ! Thanks a lot for your videos - me and my family learned a lot and we are very impressed when you take some beehives out of housewalls... send you some good thought and prayer for you and your mom- and lightens up a self made ice-beewax candle... greets from Europe / Germany
Yay, another Mr. Ed video! ♥️ I love how the wax (and everything else from the bees) is never wasted.
Nice job. I've got some last yrs wax I need to get melted down and cleaned up thanks for the video
Very nice Vid! Always a pleasure.
I use a bag made out of cheesecloth wraped around the unclean wax. Most of the rubbish stays in there. Also put more doubble over cheescloth on the sil to get some more rubbish out. It means a bit, not much, more to do on forehand but it will be cleaner even in the first batch. Together wihh your device it will be perfekt, I think! Good luck and lot's of love from Sweden!
The cheese cloth idea is a good one, thank you for sharing that and for taking the time to watch. God's peace Yasmin.
Mr. Ed
Hey friend. Hope you been doing well during all this. Stay humble, we like to see that smile :)
lots of work put into this vid. thank you again mr ed :) remember we all love ya like crazy!
Thanks again Mr. Ed...God Bless!
Hello Mr. Ed, I’m sending my love to you, your mother, and everybody you love. Please take time to take care of your family as well yourself through this very difficult time.
You work very hard for the Abbey. The wax and everything they make the monks use. That is cool. God bless the work of your hands.
Thank you Jeff
Excellent work! God bless you brother. Greetings from Poland
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, thank you for your blessings and kind words. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Nice amount of wax! Congratulations to the bees, for their efforts...and to you, for the rendering, of course!
Mr Ed thank you so much for your content. You do such a fantastic job explaining your work...I am amazed at the entire process of both rendering wax and harvesting honey.
I usually never say this but you've earned my subscription! You've captured my heart and interest whist I'm only 3 videos in! Keep being amazing!
Thank you very much for your kind words and the gift of your subscription. I look forward to hearing from you again very soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Mr Ed, that’s a lot of wax! Could the Rooster have gotten it all yellow? lol
Brother Jeff, a man as consistently joyous as you must surely have a clean conscience. That alone is a gift of God! Many blessings on your work. We will stand together before Jesus some day.
Curious to learn why you can't just dump all of those buckets in at once up to 4 or 5" of the top. They're cappings after all... Why so many small batches?
Love your videos sir. Specially your always sunny, positive attitude. It's because of you and the Bush Bee Man that I can't wait to have bees on the homestead my wife and I are starting.
I hope you keep making videos into the future
Many hugs.....may things go as smoothly and blessedly as possible....or have gone, I guess, since this is a month later. Bless you!
If I can get some molds can we turn all that into wax lips?
You might need some *artificial*colourant...😘
Jeff, you are one mega'multi-Tasking-Minister!
God bless you and praying for you family
Rendering wax videos are my favorite ones that you do. I wish less was edited out and it was a multi part video
Love the video Mr.Ed, I’d love to come by the Abby one day. I live down south near Morgan city, shouldn’t be too far from you
I absolutely love the hellos at the beginning of the videos. Reminds me of my grandpa ernie with the way you say it😁
So funny that you say the weather is miserable ! The grass is green . Here it is white and I have been dealing with snow for many days ! Thank the lord for a tractor . . It is in the teens . Have to wear a heavy coat, no hoses here right now . Hall water to the stock in buckets , use hot water to melt the ice every day . Oh happy day when he takes this winter away .
Wow! That looks like plenty, but in reading the description, you need all of that plus more, just for your operation.
Praying for a peaceful passing for mom. God Bless her, you, and your family.💕👍😊
Caramine red dye is made from conchineal beetles, so it's possible that the pink color came from the beetles (even though SHB isn't related to conchineal beetles).
Can you add this to wax playlist please
Done, thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Love and prayers for you and your mother❤🙏🐝🐝🐝
Beautiful wax! It's amazing bees make precise comb: no rulers required! 👏
Peace 🙏🙋♀️
Some beautiful wax Mr Ed. God bless
Awesome job and what a beautiful bunch of wax. :) May God Bless you again in 2021!!
- Tom
Thank you so much for your blessings and kind words. Until the next time, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thanks soo much for sharing. I like your setups. You have a deep wealth of knowledge. The kettle is very interesting. I wonder if it could be modified. . If it had a second tap gate higher up you could have a disc with small holes that would rest just under the water on top of the blocks and let the wax rise as it melts and keep the majority of slum underneath. Alot less to filter and the colour would be clearer and after you drained the water the slum could be scooped out easily. Theoretically that could save you an entire rendering step. Greatly enjoy your videos. Exceeding Abundant Blessings on the Apiary and Abbey. God Bless.
Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and for taking the time to watch. The kettle I use would be very difficult to modify as it is a jacketed kettle. I know the process could be better, but for me, the way I do it works very well. God's peace Jen.
Mr. Ed
Hello there Mr Ed! I’ve been watching your videos for the past year or so now and I’m always excited to see when you post another one! It’s been an incredibly stressful year for me as it has been for many people as I’m sure you are aware. But your videos have always been a big shining bright spot in the middle of all this darkness. Seeing your joy and how you NEVER forget to thank Jesus for something as (relatively) small as finding a queen in a hive reminds me to be thankful to him for everything I have as well. The good and the bad! So thank you for being their. I wish you nothing but success and for the grace of almighty God to bless you, your house, your family, friends, and loved ones. Even the Dirt Rooster! Lol. Anyway keep on doing the Lord’s work brother. And I’ll “keep on watchin” God Bless you.
That is a mighty stack of wax mr Ed.
wax day has come boys
I come to ur videos for ur enthusiasm. Greetings from Turkey!
Well done Mr. Ed. It's beautiful wax and I look forward to watching the soap making video. I make my own soap occasionally. I know everyone does it a little differently. God bless ❤️🐝😁
Do you save the water/honey to feed back to the bees later, or pitch it?
You answered my question later in the video.
Lord knows I got nothing but agape love for ya, and this is part of the reason why.
No waste.
I have a couple of chunks of wax my neighbor gave me before her health took her south west that are really dark brown. As brown if not more than the right hand bucket at 24:00. I've tried a "render" by melting some in water and letting it separate out in a bucket but it came out the exact same color. Is this just what this wax is going to be?
I have a few ideas about your question, and some of the other questions raised here by other people.
Firstly, I would like to make the comment that I try to rescue as much cleaned wax as possible, because I have not had lots of wax cappings, and old honeycomb, as Mr Ed has. In some ways I envy him for the amount that he has been able to collect. I have been able to clean some very "cruddy" wax, such as the material which Mr Ed suggested he was not interested in cleaning.
Having said that, I have found that there are several things which can be done to simplify the process. There is no doubt that rendering the wax a second time, or third or fourth time, will make it possible to get the wax cleaner and cleaner.
Some of the impurities in the wax, and any honey which may still be mixed with the wax, are soluble in water. Therefore I believe that it is beneficial to use plenty of water together with the wax, when we melt it down. I have used about two or three times the volume of water, compared to the volume of wax, when I have melted wax.
There is also a lot of other solid material which does not dissolve in water, and which does not melt. This is the "stuff" which really needs to be removed from the wax. I have used a sieve to scoop out the coarser material from the wax and water mixture as it is "cooking". You could use a kitchen sieve which has a coarse wire mesh similar in size to fly screen. I made my own sieve from wire mesh insect screen, and I made it with a long handle so that I can avoid getting scalded by hot wax. With this sieve, I have been able to scoop out virtually all of the coarse solid matter, whether it is dead bees, or silk from brood comb, or other bits of debris.
I have found it helpful to then strain the hot wax and water mixture through a cloth filter, such as a piece of old bed-sheet material. This process will capture small particles which passed through the wire sieve. The real secret of getting the wax to be really clean when it sets into a solid block is to let it cool VERY SLOWLY. If you can place your bucket / container of filtered water and wax into a very sheltered position, or wrapped with some kind of insulation blanket, this can be very beneficial. The longer it takes to cool down, the better the result. The benefit is that the very small particles of crud which passed through the filter will settle at the bottom of the wax, but above the water. This is the "muddy" material which can be scraped from the bottom of the block of wax after it is tipped out of the bucket. This muddy material settles, but is very slow to do so. If the water and wax mixture is allowed to cool too quickly, the muddy material will be trapped in the wax as it solidifies. We need to keep the mixture hot for a long time so that the muddy material can all settle to the water level while the wax is still molten.
And now to that other problem, of the discoloration of the wax. I do not know the answer, although I suspect that it might be as suggested in another comment in this thread. Carmine red dye is made from cochineal insects, so it's possible that the pink colour came from beetles. Whether this theory is correct or not, I believe that the best way to get really clean wax is to use enough water to dissolve or hold the waste material, and to let the wax cool very slowly.
After posting my reply to your question, I had another thought. In the video Mr Ed showed the various buckets of wax cappings, which had various items of debris, including beetles and beetle larvae. In a situation such as this, with mostly wax particles, but also debris and some residual honey, there could be a real benefit by pre-washing the wax in cold water. The benefit would be that a lot of the solid waste could be scooped out, and the residual honey dissolved out, of the cappings before they were melted. We know that pure wax cappings by themselves would give very clean, pale coloured wax. If any of the impurities contain coloured material or stains, they may discolour the wax when it is melted.
Very nice Jeff. I am hoping to get me some wax. I use mine in my swarm traps.
Thanks for this video you sent me on your wax melting . Thanks from Gene . NC
You are very welcome, and thank you for watching this one as well. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Kathy.
Mr. Ed
That's a lot of wax!!! How many bee hours did it take to produce all of that? (rhetorical question, lol) Wow.
Praying for your Mom, you, and your family. May God comfort and bless you all.
Hi Mr Ed, I have to say I enjoyed this vid and your presentation / commentary as it is easy listening, informative and well delivered, as are all your other vids, I am a UK based beekeeper. I do have a question though, based on the size of your kettle and the volume it can hold why do you put so little in each time when you could possibly double the amount and cut down on time and expense on processing the wax?
A gentleman I watched used an empty bee box top layer to put his castings in for the bees to clean and put it on top of hive boxes and made a hole for the bees to get into the top from the boxes below, it keeps the castings cleaner. Hope this helps.
Mr Ed. What do you do with all your wax? Nice video
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
i pray god gives you strength to overcome this battle mr ed, you have been entertaining me for years and again i just want to thank you for sharing that pure soul of yours,
it always helps for me to think of all the good times me a my great grandpa shared together. loss isn’t always easy but we cant question gods will 🙏🏼
Happy Fat Tuesday, Mr. Ed!!! 🐝🟣🐝🟢🐝🟡🐝
You always make me smile
Hey Jeff, great video as always, just one thing though. The legs on your wax Melter are above the hollow core on the block, (weakest part) I would feel a whole lot better if you would lay a 3/4" or 1 1/2" board between the legs and the block. If that block splits in half you would have a big mess on your hands and possibly get hurt. My mother is in the hospital right now with cancer so I know how you feel right now, know that I am praying for our mothers!
My little DIY solar wax melter is great for getting that little wax out of the crud...but then again you have a LOT of crud there! :)
Mr Ed plz I have a few questions about rendering wax and making pure clean wax
Would love to chat 1 on about ideas
The yellow to orange color in wax is usually caused by brood comb in the batch.
Thanks for the video. How did you get your capping so dry and crumbly before you began rendering it?
I use a honey/wax seperator. The video link below shows the process. Thanks for watching. God's peace Petra. Mr. Ed
ruclips.net/video/17dr9-Z0Ob8/видео.html
hi Jeff
nice wax melter you have
it looks you head temperature is to hot for the wax it boiling
you can clean the wax more , to ad oxalic acid to the wax
have a nice bee year
Ed you are making that wax cleaning harder than it needs to be. Get a in kettle screen made up. It needs to be heavy stainless, with legs that keep it suspended half way up the kettle. It also needs to fit closely to the circumference so rubbish can not boil up and sneak around the edges. You then place more water in than you currently use (this creates space for the rubbish to suspend in), then the capping's as normal. Once melted place in the screen. What happens is the water and rubbish are heavy and stay at the bottom of the kettle and the wax passes through the screen and floats on top of a thin layer of water just above the screen. You won't be able to use your kettle drain tap, so get a large jug and ladle out the wax from the top, and pour that through a finer screen into your wax mould. You'll get almost all of the wax out this way and in a cleaner state. That dirt sticks to the kettle screen and can be scrapped off at clean up. I hope that helps, take care and stay safe D
Do you save any of the fresh white comb from some of your cut-outs to melt down separately?
No I don't, it goes right in with all the other wax that will be rendered down. However, the cappings from the honey comb I do keep separated and melted by themselves. Thanks for watch. God's peace Pete.
Mr. Ed
Awesome job. quick unrelated question. Can you share with me what program you use for editing your videos?
Nice wax but prayers for you and the rest of the family. The Wrestler is going or has gone HOME! God Be With Yall!
Do you deal only with cappings, or do you alos recycle old combs from your hive in order to clean them and use them over again ?
Really enjoy your videos!