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> Beeswax is of course packed with energy, as demonstrated by a candle. 

One of the earliest reports of honeyguides eating
wax comes from a Portuguese missionary, Joao
dos Santos, who in 1569 wrote of honeyguides
entering his mission church at Sofala (Mozambique)
to feed on the beeswax candlesticks on the altar.

PLB

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