Hi--
 
    Finally found a number for the _heat of fusion_ of beeswax.  From Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics, 35th Ed, 1953, Chemical Rubber Publishing Co., page
2133:  Heat of Fusion of Beeswax at 61.8 degrees C is 42.3 calories per gram.
Unfortunately there's no listing for beeswax in the Specific Heat tables in
that edition, the 53rd or 73rd editions.  Malcolm Roe's approximation of about
2 Joules per gram per degree C should be good for a first estimate.
 
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