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Quoting Margaret Fraser <m_fraser65@yahoo.ca>:
> I did a little online research last night and the most sensible
> suggestion I saw was to let the water cool and then pick the wax off
> the top,then remelt it and strain through a layer of cheesecloth.
* I also recall doing this as a kid, and getting about as much wax as
I'd expected. I wonder of the wax degrades through the winter, even if
the berries still look the same as when they are fresh? Maybe a
strategy to get certain dispersers to feed on the berries only late in
the season?
fred.
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> The wax,as I recall,is very strongly scented and do a little will
> scent a fair bit of beeswax (but I can't give you proportions). I
> don't think we strained the wax,but I remember the pillar candle we
> made was a funny colour and kind of gritty. And it had a layer on
> the bottom that was unburnable. I also remember my mother was very
> happy when we were done and stopped messing up her kitchen ?. This
> has reignited my interest in candle making. Now I have to find
> bayberries in Cape Breton-should not be hard as they were everywhere
> when I was a child. Cheers,
> Margaret
>
>
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