> 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. Jack the B-man John Iannuzzi PhD * "Singing masons building roofs 9772 Old Annapolis Rd * of gold." --Shakespeare Ellicott City MD 21042 usa * 20 Italian colonies [log in to unmask] * 3-1/2 decades in beedom