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