To Ken Lawrence. We are also hobbiest beekeepers with 3 hives (208 lbs of honey this year). I place my cappings in aluminum baking pans, put them in an electric oven on very low heat until the wax melts. I know this is not the recommended way, but I keep a fire extinguisher at hand when I am doing this project. Remove the pans and let the wax cool. It rises to the top, and when it hardens just lift it off and you are left with honey on the bottom. This honey is usually darker in color than the rest, so I save it and use this honey for baking. I don't know if it affects the nutritional value by heating it to this temperature so I don't feed it back to the bees. Maybe next year we will get a solar melting box and let the sun do the separating work for us. The wax I get then is remelted and strained to remove any propolis and I use this for making candles and wax molded projects. On a separate note- my Bee-L has been appearing in hot pink lately. What could be causing this? Very pretty color, but a little difficult to read. Conni and Clifford Still, Bayport, Long Island New York