Solar Wax Melter Test - Bee Vlog #118 - Sep 7, 2013

I've melted wax over the kitchen stove a couple times and the family (and myself) complain about the smell. Sure, beeswax smells good, but when you're melting old brood comb, the old cocoons can really give off a funky smell when they boil. So I recommend doing it outdoors. Or even better...in a solar oven. The solar wax melter is completed and I finally had a day of sunshine when I had the time to test it out. The oil filter cone didn't work out as I hoped. I think it was just taking too long to get up to temperature. I also had to move the oven a couple times to chase the sunshine. But once I work out all the kinks I think it will simplify the process of melting and filtering wax. And keep the house from getting stinky. The original plans for this oven came from here: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content... Dimensions were adjusted to fit some cheap glass I found. To keep up with my apiary and track the hives, visit My Apiary page at: http://thebeevlog.blogspot.com/p/apia...