Rendering Beeswax

Dear hubby had several small pans filled with beeswax in various stages. I finally got tired of tripping over them out in the garden so I did the first rendering of the wax this morning. It's a slow and messy project of melting, straining, melting and straining again. I did manage to get the beeswax melted down into two small containers and I hope to finish off all off this afternoon. I'm surprised there isn't more beeswax compared to the amount of honey we've harvested. I'm not doing the rendering according to the textbooks but with what I have around the kitchen, which is another messy story. If I get into making candles, then I may invest the official equipment.