There has been a lot of talk about filtering and separating, judging the 
effectiveness by the appearance of the end product.   Unfortunately that 
is no guarantee you have removed any agrochemicals.   To know if you are 
removing any of them, you first need to know what they are and their 
properties.   Are they wax soluble, water soluble, the size of the 
molecules, do they break down into other substances with heat, will they 
combine with other chemicals that can then be filtered or precipitated, etc.

Without knowing what 'it' is, we can guess how to remove it and guess if 
removing it was successful or not.    Tests must be run before to 
determine what it is so that a reasonable method for removal can be 
developed.  And test must be run afterwards to assess how effective the 
method was.  One can not also assume that all wax has the same 
agrochemicals, so ongoing testing would be needed.

  Assuming success by color is like assuming any clear liquid must be 
safe to drink.


It's not new news but see: 
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/bees/honey-bee-pesticides-55081801
Interestingly, they were able to reduce pesticides in beeswax using 
gamma radiation (which also kills foul brood).

-Tim

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