HI Beefriends, Just wanted to express my appreciation to this list for all the help that various ones have given me in response to my many questions as a new beekeeper. Ken Adney responded to one of my first posts and gave me the name of a couple not too far away from us. They agreed to loan me their extractor....without ever having met me, and we just finished extracting 40 quarts of honey..from what started out as three hives this spring. We are so appreciative of everyone's help. My neighbor and I kind of work together as we learn about bees. He's a single hermit type of person and thought it best if I did his honey...figured no one would want to buy honey out of his kitchen...so he "let" me uncap and extract all his honey. It has been a fun job! Very Sticky!! We are hoping to get at least another 2 maybe 3or 4 supers off our hives since they are in a nectar flow from a field of clover as well as fireweed which is in bloom... One question now...what do we do with the cappings that we have strained..are these good for beeswax candles and how do you get the stickiness out of them? Does melting them over hot water like you do any wax do the job? Thanks again for all your help and contacts! Meri Burlingame Washington State Meri Burlingame: Moderator The Apostolic Prophetic List [log in to unmask] ICQ#43228319 The Apostolic Prophetic Resource Page http://landru.myhome.net/cmjhburl/Resource.html NEW PAGE: +++ THE BURLINGAME BEE PAGE http://landru.myhome.net/cmjhburl/bees.html