Wax Dipping

PRICING RANGES FROM $2 to $6, DEPENDING ON EQUIPMENT

We are done with wax dipping days for 2024. We will post the first date for 2025 in spring 2025 (weather dependent, usually April or May).

NEW EQUIPMENT DIPPED

We offer wax dipping services at our Carlisle, PA location for your assembled new (untreated and unused) bee equipment, such as bottom boards, hive bodies, and wooden lids (no plastic components, screened bottom boards, inner covers, particle board, plywood, or flow hives with plastic parts–solid wood only). We wax dip (open to anyone) approximately once per month, typically May through August.

We use microcrystalline wax with paraffin wax, heated to approximately 300+ for dipping the new woodenware.

If you drop off equipment, EVERY piece of equipment needs to be labeled with your name, and you must leave a message, note, text, or email with what you dropped off and your phone number, so we can reach you when it is finished. A permanent marker or even pencil will work just fine for marking boxes. You are welcome to leave them here for a few days even, if you can’t pick them up right away.

If you want to paint your equipment after it is dipped (oil based paint adheres best when the boxes are still hot), you are welcome to bring along your brushes and paint to do that, weather permitting. The equipment can also be painted later if you use a bonding primer first.