>Subj: the recipe >Date: 95-09-01 12:43:13 EDT >From: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] > >From: [log in to unmask] (Liz Day) >Sender: [log in to unmask] (Discussion of Bee Biology) >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (Discussion of Bee Biology) >To: [log in to unmask] (Multiple recipients of list BEE-L) >here is the recipe Dr. Satterfield sent: (snip) > >One of the bee women at the fair said to use a double boiler >to heat them in. If I fill my mother's double boiler with wax, >I'll have many problems that can't be fixed with hand lotion!! > If you don't use some sort of double boiler, a moment's inattention could get you a very warm kitchen. I had some close calls in heating wax for candle making. Suddenly the wax froths up and onto the burner, where it catches fire and burns almost explosively. Some kind of double boiler arrangement is vital. Can't you find something cheap at a yard sale? [log in to unmask] Dave Green PO Box 1215, Hemingway, SC 29554