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Ive been wanting an excuse to get some burners for a while for homebrewing so this provides the perfect excuse :)

Interesting thread. Been trying a few options myself and seem to have hit upon the reverse approach to Caluna. I take a used jute shopping bag (99p...

I thought it might be a Paynes, Neils. I've had bees gnawing upper entrances for themselves in Paynes hives. I've sold mine now. Please let me...

i think it should be ok, with a cheap wallpaper stripper type affair can’t see the steam getting that hot. it’s a payne’s hive from several years...

Thank you, C4U - that method must be the easiest! It never occurred to me to have a method where the bag is left at the bottom of the barrel - so no...

Easiest and cheapest for small quantities. Get a 200litre metal drum. Half fill it with water, put burners underneath and bring to the oil. Shove...

The Bain Marie pot I have as well (the cheaper one) but I don’t use it for that, I use it for the wax when I’m making foundation. I’ve not been...

Yes Kitta, very similar. I see you can get cheaper than the one you linked to. Once its going its quite quick, you just keep piling in the cappings...

Do you mean something like this, Bridget? That seems ideal for the final cleaning of small amounts of wax, and better than the really small bain...

This year I decided the green house would be a good place to process the wax, stop stinking out the house. Unfortunately the day warmed up, the...

Apart from the poor poly hive having been chewed, Neils, will it withstand all that heat? And how is it that the hive got so badly chewed? What...