Todd Hardie wrote: >Could anyone give advice on how we could turn our bees' wax into >candles?. Is there a melter that efficiently and economically melts wax >for multiple pours into molds (which we have). > I use a dead refrigerator with a light bulb inserted to reliquefy honey and to melt wax. A standard kitchen refrigerator with a 100 watt light bulb takes 48 hours to melt a bucket of wax and you can dip this into a smaller container for pouring into moulds. Stainless steel is preferable for the container as other metals stain the wax - although for candles I do not find this a problem. Most refrigerators have a drainage hole in the bottom - this can be used to insert a power cord and the light bulb is mounted on a wood frame so that it does not touch anything. Betty McAdam HOG BAY APIARY Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island J.H. & E. McAdam<[log in to unmask] http://kigateway.kin.on.net/hogbay/hogbay1.htm Why not visit the South Australian Superb Websites Ring? http://kw.mtx.net/sawebring/sawebring.html