Lloyd,

        You let the cat out of the bag. :-)  I make maple syrup and have
been using maple syrup filters to "purify" beeswax for years.  I thought
everybody new about it.  Really.  I do not use diatomaceous earth as I
like to have my wax looking like beeswax.  If it was white, I imagine
that I'd have trouble selling it as beeswax.

Making smokeless and unless you jiggle them, dripless candles in Upstate
NY
And some honey too!

Jeff Holbrook
Corning, NY