We take a look at how to separate honey from beeswax. This may sound simple, but not understanding how to do this has resulted in many people burning barns, houses, and sheds to the ground.
We do not know when it happened. But hundreds of thousands of years ago, in a central African woodland or forest, our ancestors found a tree with “water” in it.
We have two first steps with regards to separating honey from combs. In the most efficient form, we reinforce the combs with wire and in some cases mesh or plastic sheet.
Both of the above methods will produce some honey which is largely clear. This can be strained, settled, or even filtered depending on what technology you have access to.
Place your wax and honey mixture in a container in a double boiler. A double boiler is a container of water that is heated. The wax/honey container is placed in this container.
How to separate honey from beeswax like a legend! Just rinse the combs and then use the rinse water to make mead. Mead is that alcoholic beverage made by mixing honey with water and allowing it to ferment. The simplest mead recipe on Earth makes a lovely sherry mead.