>      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
>
REPLY: The SWM is the easiest and fastest way to do it.  Still operating
mine right now, after having "extracted" 9 shallow frames of honey in it,
with milk filters, of course. This is the Balto area and sunshine is still
available for melting despite the frosty morns.
 
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