Chris Slade wrote:
>I have seen various figures for
>the amount of honey used to produce wax, but 12 lb [of honey to make one
>lb of wax] is very much on the high side.  Under normal circumstances they
>will not be using honey for the purpose anyway, but nectar.

        I haven't been able to imagine a valid experiment to measure any
ratio wax/honey.  Can someone point us to a scientific report of such
measurements?

R

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