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To Color Bees' Wax (Much of the imported wax has)

Much of the imported wax has a pale dirty color, which renders it, no matter how pure, objeca solution, while Japanese wax dissolves, and tionable to the retail purchaser. Such wax on cooling forms a milky white, gelatinous undergoes the operation of coloring. This i: cooling forms a milky white, gelatinous undergoes the operation of coloring. This is mass. From a mixture of the two the latter done as follows:-A small quantity of the is dissolved out , carrying with it a portion of best roll annotto, cut into slices (1 pound, the former, while another portion rises and more or less, to 1 cwt. wax, depending on the congeals on the surface. paleness of the latter), is put into a clean boiler with about a gallon of water, and boiled for some time, or till it is perfectly dissolved, when a few ladlefuls of the melted wax are added, and the boiling continued tiil the wax has taken up all the color, or till the water is mostly evaporated. The portion ci wax thus treated has now a deep orange coler, and is added in quantity as required to the remainder of the melted wax in the larger boiler, till the proper shade of color is produced when cold, observing to well mix the whole, and to cool a little now and then to ascertain when enough has been added. The copper must be then brought to a boil, and treated with vitriol, &c., as before. (Sce No. 1584.)