[Cob] bee wax on the earthfloor

[Alessandra Caprara]

thank you, Dulane! Your hint came in best time. We are finishing the walls
to continue the floor. We are going to use gravel. I live in Brazil so I
don't think we need sealing coat (I'm not sure if I know what it is
translating). So it will be gtravel and the floor mix and then the oil and
the wax. We are entering the dry season and I think it will help drying the
floor, I hope! :)
Thank you again!

2016-04-04 13:28 GMT-03:00 Dulane <silkworm at spiderhollow.com>:

> I mixed my beeswax heavily with a warmed (stinky) solvent, so the bees
> wouldn't like it. You are not using much beeswax, and it isn't concentrated
> enough for them to extract it...I think. It will smell for several weeks. I
> used orange oil as a solvent, but linseed oil worked well too.
> Here's a hint: Mix your floor mix very dry. Pour it on dry, level it and
> then mist it with a light spray and then smooth the surface. Otherwise the
> floor can take a month or more to dry. After it is dry, do the top
> finishing. Finishing will take less time when the floor below it is dry. It
> can be a problem if you trap moisture in your floor with a sealing coat.
> I used blood meal with dark red clay in my finish layer, to get an oxblood
> look.  I also had finely chopped straw in my finish. Because my underfloor
> was still too moist, I got a lot of nasty smells from the organic matter in
> my mix. The floor turned out fine, but the house smelled dank for a whole
> season.
> Good luck!
>
> > On Apr 3, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Alessandra Caprara <alecaprara at yahoo.com.br>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello! I follow you since 2007 I think. And now, finally, we have a place
> > to construct our house. There we have an apiary and we have observed the
> > bee behavior of collecting bee wax to reuse. So, my husband collect the
> > bees to put in our apiary and collet the honey and all the bee wax he
> left
> > to them to collect and construct their house again. Then we are concerned
> > about this behavior and using the bee wax on the floor finishing. Do you
> > have any experience with bees collecting the wax on the floor? Thank you.
> >
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*Alessandra Caprara*
Homeopatia Veterinária
Consultora Comportamental

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