At 08:17 PM 9/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Most of the
> > yellow cast wax was made into foundation, and the very white was saved for
> > the candles that were to be colored or sold white.
>
>Does this "purified" beeswax still have the same fragrance when burned as
>a candle?


Yes. The fragrance is retained when beeswax is filtered by the method I
described. Wax has a natural fragrance which is influenced  by the nectar
that is used by the bees to produce it. It also absorbs fragrances from the
propolis. Capping wax tends to be the lightest and least affected by
propolis, while wax from old combs tends to be dark and highly aromatic.

The only wax I saw that was wrecked was wax from rendered hives and frames
which had been treated with lye. This wax was almost gray and very gummy.
By the way, even the lightest filtered wax has a light yellow cast. The
color is more like ivory.