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This invention relates to lightening the color of beeswax and has among its objects the elimination of color contributing factors which do not respond to conventional besswax decolorizing processes.
Beeswax, produced by various species of bees is a valuable article of commerce. In the United States, beeswax is obtained with honey as a co-product of beekeeping. The wax is obtained by the beekeeper, roughly separated from extraneous material and sold to refiners of beeswax who further process and purify it to an extent dictated by the type of wax received and the specific market use of the refined wax.
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