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Frank Battistolo <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Nov 1996 16:31:05 -0800
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Hi Stan,
To separate propolis from wax and wood splinters,I put everything in a
container,fill it up with water,anything that float is not propolis.
 
Regards Frank.
 
 
 
 
 
 
>>I have heard that BEEHIVE BOTANICALS  will buy your dirty
>>propolis, process it and give you 6 bucks per pound. There is
>>even a propolis trap ....
>
>Hi H. Sweet:  (a first name would be nice, we're fairly informal :) )
>
>Do you have an address for this company?  I thought that hive scrapings were
>unacceptable for propolis sale.  I wonder what method they use to separate
>the propolis.  I have been keeping my cover scrapings and any big lumps of
>pure propolis separate as I find it a wonderful cure for sore throat.  The
>beekeeper from Surinam who visited me used propolis mats under his covers
>and sold propolis to a Dutch pharmaceutical company for $15 a pound.  Their
>beekeeper's coop also makes a tincture of propolis (15%) that they market
>locally.
>
>Regards, Stan in Prince Edward Island
>
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