Home made Solar Bee Wax Melter

After years of Bee Keeping, got some spare Bee hive in whole pieces sitting in storage. OK now to clean up the storage and take some action.

Stop by a Local Wine shop and ask for a wooden wine crate.
Paint that in darkest color I have. Yes dark brown is all I have. Supposely Black work for best. BTW I will shop for Homede any discount paint.
Found a broken fish tank and cut the glass fit the top side of the wooden crate. For now I do them in single glass. I can make it double if not hot enough to melt.
Here we go!!! Pics below :-)



Here is famous Wax Melter sponsor by Chateau Palmer. :-P

Bee Queen Jackpot?

Finally a heat wave happened at week of Aug 26. Almost all of my virgin queens got mated. And now that is produce worker cells. Althought not sure how long the queen can last, but that is better than drones laying hive.

Ok, now next step is winter preparation. I hope those new hive can surive thru this winter.