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Beekeeping and Honey Equipment: Beeswax Melting, Honey Bottling and Hive Dipping

Beeswax rendering, honey bottling, comb processing, hive dipping

Beekeeping and Honey Equipment

Quick answer: Beekeepers and honey packers use waterless PRIMO stainless steel tanks to melt and clarify beeswax, warm and hold honey for bottling, and dip hive parts. Fill jars from the tank valve or add an EZ-1 or AutoValve heated filler. PRIMO tanks start at $1,395 and are built and tested in Ronkonkoma, NY.

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Photo: PRIMO 50 Industrial Melter | 56 lb / 7 gal (26 L)

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  • 1999Building equipment since
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2. Choose your stage
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Slab Melting Tank

Waterless PRIMO slab melter for beeswax, polymers, adhesives and wax bricks. 12 x 21 x 8 in. stainless interior, 600 W, 120 V, digital control up to 212°F / 100°C.

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From Hive to Finished Product

Illustration: uncapping a wooden honey frame over a stainless uncapping tray
Uncap and extractCappings wax is the cleanest beeswax you will collect. Save it for rendering.
Illustration: stainless waterless melting tank holding molten beeswax beside yellow beeswax blocks
Render and clarify beeswaxMelt cappings and comb in a PRIMO, let debris settle, then drain clean wax into block molds.
Illustration: stainless heated tank filling glass honey jars from its valve
Warm, hold and bottle honeyHold honey at a set temperature with digital control, then fill jars from the valve or a heated filler.
Illustration: cut comb honey in a clear box beside a wooden frame of capped comb
Comb honey and wax processingCut comb for retail, and send trimmings and cappings to the melter.
Illustration: beeswax pillar and rolled candles, lip balm tins and tubes and a beeswax block
Beeswax candles and lip balmTurn rendered beeswax into candles, balms and blocks with the same PRIMO and filler.
Photo: PRIMO 100 stainless steel industrial melter
The real PRIMOStainless steel, waterless heating, digital control.

How to Render Beeswax in a PRIMO

  1. Collect cappings and combSave cappings from uncapping and old comb from frame rotation.
  2. Melt in a PRIMOLoad the wax and set the digital controller. Waterless heating means no water bath to manage.
  3. Settle and separateHold the melt so honey and debris settle below the clean wax layer.
  4. Drain clean waxDrain from the valve into block molds, or transfer to a filler for candles and balms.

Always follow your wax supplier's temperature guidance and the PRIMO manual. Manuals

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Questions and Answers

What is the best way to melt beeswax in volume?

Use a waterless, digitally controlled stainless steel tank such as PRIMO. Set the temperature, melt cappings or comb, let debris settle, and drain clean wax from the valve. PRIMO 50 holds 56 lb and PRIMO 100 holds 105 lb; larger sizes go to 60,000 lb.

Can the same tank hold honey for bottling?

Yes. PRIMO heated holding and dispensing tanks are listed for honey, syrups and oils, with digital temperature control. Fill jars from the valve or add a heated filler such as EZ-1 or AutoValve.

Do you make hive dipping tanks?

Yes. The Industrial Beekeeping Hive Dipping and Wax Treatment System is a custom electric hive dipping tank for high temperature wax treatment, with standard, spillway return and reservoir or trough configurations up to 320°F / 160°C.

Can I make beeswax candles and lip balm with the same equipment?

Yes. Melt beeswax in a PRIMO and pour candles or balms from the valve, or fill with an EZ-1 (2 to 20 oz fills) or AutoValve (1/8 to 20 oz range and larger ranges).

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Business People Behind This Business to Help You Transform Your Business

WaxMelters is built by people who build: every PRIMO melter is built from USA stainless steel to transform customers' businesses. We design every machine around what matters to an owner: output, labor, energy, floor space and margin.

  • USA stainless steel, designed, built and tested in Ronkonkoma, New York
  • Waterless PRIMO heating with digital temperature control, engineered for energy efficient operation
  • Use the wax you already buy: PRIMO does not require WaxMelters branded or proprietary wax, so you can buy it at a wax supply house near you
  • Trusted by NASA and Blue Origin, plus manufacturers worldwide since 1999

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Illustration: beekeeper in a ventilated bee suit and veil lifting a capped honey frame from a wooden hiveBeekeeping and HoneyIllustration: operator filling wicked glass candle jars from the valve of a stainless melting tankCandle MakingIllustration: soap maker in goggles and gloves pouring soap batter into a wooden loaf moldSoap MakingIllustration: technician filling blank lip balm tubes with warm balm from a heated nozzleCosmetics and Lip BalmIllustration: colorful wax hand sculptures beside a stainless multi chamber wax hands machine at a family venueWax HandsIllustration: cheesemaker lifting a half waxed cheese wheel from a stainless cheese wax dipping tankCheese WaxingIllustration: molten blue wax poured into a round hole crayon mold beside rainbow crayonsCrayon MakingPhoto: PRIMO stainless steel industrial wax melterInvestment CastingIllustration: chocolatier filling bar molds beside a stainless tank of melted chocolateChocolate, Candy and FoodPhoto: single chamber stainless steel wax dip tankWine and Spirits Bottle WaxIllustration: worker loading adhesive pellets into a stainless melting tank in a packaging plantHot Melt and AdhesivesIllustration: molten wax poured into silicone bar molds beside stacked surf wax barsSki and Surf Wax

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