Can You Save Old Black Bee Hive Comb

Over time, wax gets hard and difficult to work because of brood casings and propolis. But, after putting a lot of work into removing old hives from buildings, it would be a pity to waste the resources that honey bees spent so much time building. The old black comb from these 2 beehives were years old. So, I wasn't sure how much clean wax would remain. Or more than that - would it render at all?
00:00 Introduction to Rendering Beeswax
00:36 Black Comb from Hive Removal
01:30 Setting Up for Rendering Beeswax
02:35 Rendering Wax at Night
05:15 Filtering the Dirty Beeswax
08:18 The Final Block of Rendered Wax

[@TheHomesteadingAvenger]

Even if it’s not pretty looking you can always render it down to wax your plastic frames! Win win.

[@lynnannandbenji]

Treasure from "trash".... But people just don't know that "trashy looking old comb isn't trash"..... Awesome video. You nailed it.

[@macbeebuzzin]

Yes! Thank you!

[@hugglydoodle]

Hi, I just discovered your You Tube videos today. Nicely done and look forward to more. Take care and thank you!

[@macbeebuzzin]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@temijinkahn511]

Does the water separate out from the wax as it cools? Do you then remelt the wax from each batch together to make your final block of wax?

[@macbeebuzzin]

Yes. The wax floats on top of the water. With wax this dark, I melted & filtered the first time to get most of the gunk out. Then, I melted a second time to clean it better.