From: "huestis" <buzzybee@capital.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:51:21 -0800
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Clean wax for Organic Production?

Hi all,

I can't comment on PDB. Wax moths are rarely ever a problem were I live. But
I believe solar max melters most likely can remove a good amount of the
chemical (impossible to get it all and that goes for every other chemical
too!).

How clean is clean? 100% chemical free will never happen! You can only
have wax as clean as the environment that you keep your bees. I can't see
wasting one's time trying to get wax cleaner than ones environment will
allow (I'm not talking about mitecides here, just environmental factors that
affect everyone counting humans).

> Dee says that color is a "state of mind", but freshly generated beeswax is
> totally colourless... So any dye or discolouration has to be considered a
> contaminant.

Color is what you see with your eyes! Why "MUST" they be a contaminant?
Combs that are in use in hives never remain "pure" wax. I think the
distinction between clean and chemical free needs to be made here.

Clay