Dee Lusby asked (once again):

>Has any of this early wax been sampled and analyzed to what
>type of bees made it from early voyages from America back
>to Europe? Isn't there any samples of early wax to be found
>in any museums in Europe that could be sampled?

   As far as I can recall, Columbus, according to his ship's log, had used
the wax (whatever kind it was) to seal an account of his trip into a
floating container in the event that he didn't make it back to Spain (the
old note in a bottle trick).  That would indicate that we would have only
his log to rely upon, not the actual wax that he used.

                                                        Adrian

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