Peter asks:
 I should build myself a wheelly cleaner?

Never use a hive tool or a wire brush on a queen excluder as they both
remove the plated coating and then they RUST. Rust on excluders tears bee
wings.

The small beekeeper can simply place his excluders inside a dark plastic
trash sack kept from the sack by small boards . In full sun the wax will
melt and fall to the bottom of the trash sack. Be very careful as you can
burn your hands when removing the excluders from the sack on a hot day.

Very hot water in a tank is the best way for a large amount. Simply dunk
using gloves and set aside.

Both the above lets you save the wax. When the tank cools the wax will form
at the top of the tank to be saved.

Pressure washing is common but messy. You get wet and perhaps a face full of
water. You blast the wax and propolis all over the place. At times you blast
an excluder off the wall from the pressure.

Yes pressure washing excluders still works and the method of choice for a
few old beekeeping dinosaurs. He He.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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