Melting point

[johnnie1uk]

Any one any experience of wax foundation melting, what air temperatures were you experiencing.

[amun-ra]

happened in southern australia last year the temps where 40-45c the wax softenes and can no longer support the weight of the honey it contains so colapses drowning the bees in their own honey  or so the story goes

[johnnie1uk]

Thanks for that info - It was 38c here yesterday so fingers crossed their Aircon was on

[Wombat2]

Bees keep the internal temp at 34*C so 38 would be OK - wax melts at 62*C

[Michael Bush]

>Any one any experience of wax foundation melting, what air temperatures were you experiencing.

It can happen almost anytime if it's left in the sun.  If you go here: http://www.bushfarms.com/beesterms.htm#b and look at the entry for beeswax you will see the melting point of beeswax is 145?F (63?C).