From: "Dave Cushman" <dave.cushman@lineone.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:32:52 -0000
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Clean wax for Organic Production?

Hi John & all

----- Original Message -----
From: John Sewell <lucindajohn@sewellhome.freeserve.co.uk>

> What I wonder about is how
> draining it is on the bees? If we continually remove comb from a colony
> will it become dispirited and 'worked out?'

I don't think the bees see it as anything other than natural... The reverse
if anything the bees are more "despondent" if they do not have enough wax
work to do.

> > brood-wax would probably be rejected by foundation makers if
> > the issue comes more into attention to where they start testing the
> > wax they're given.

KBS in UK have been testing for many years.

> (What do they do to make it smell soooo good too?)

I presume it is the solvent that they use for filtration... I think it
smells awful!

> what makes the waxes different? Chinese beeswax is
> frowned on here

Chinese wax is very brittle... Beeswax is not homogenous but an alloy of
many components, the percentages of these vary from region to region and bee
type.

Regards From:- Dave Cushman, G8MZY