Wesley:
 
What I do with old wax such as you have is to save it all up and put it
in the solar wax melter.  It's the quikest way to render all the gunk
out.  Then put it in a old milk carton and warm it up in an pan of hot
water like a double boiler.  When the wax is totally melted, Stir in H2O2
(Hydrogen Peroxide) and keep stirring for a few minutes.  This helps
bleach the wax and also the remaining particles will settle to the
bottom.  I use about 1/2 cup of H2O2 to 2 lbs. of wax.  There's no need
to be exact tho. Then I pour the whole thing through an old piece of
sweat shirt.  I use the wax to make candles and cosmetics.
 
                        Good luck!
                                        Ann
 
On Thu, 26 Oct 1995, Wesley A Voigt Jr wrote:
 
>      I have been on Bee-L for little over a month and I have enjoyied
>  hearing what all of you have to say. It's neat seeing responses from all
> over the world.
>
>      I am in the process of refining wax from bees I removed from a tree
> fallen by a storm. I have managed to remove the dead bees and large chunks of
> debris (done by warming in a large pot of water and then filtering - I'm glad
> I will have my solar melter ready for next summer...)  but I still have small
> specks left in the wax that filtering with cheese cloth does not remove. Do
> any of you have ideas on removing them? I am looking forward to hearing them.
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
>       Wesley A Voigt
>