Wax
Beeswax is a secretion of the honey-bee. In its ordinary state it is yellow, but is bleached white by exposing it for some time in thin slices to the joint action of air and moisture.
Modellers' wax consists of beeswax 13, rosin 12, paraffin-wax 26, linseed-oil 4; the rosin and oil to be well boiled together before adding the other ingredients.
Sculptors' wax is composed of one part each of tallow, turpentine, and pitch to ten parts of beeswax. See VEGETABLE WAX.