Here in the Yakima Valley we have 10,000's acres of irrigated orchards, and millions of bees. The honey folks here used the dripped honey from the comb as the primo stuff, then the steam separated honey for commercial production. The raw brown colored wax is heated during this process and strained through stainless steel screen that isn't all that fine. They tell me there are over 250 separate organic chemicals in bees wax. As it cools the lightest colored mixture sits on the top and darker is heavier and is on the bottom of the kettle. The lighter stuff is more expensive and used in furniture polishes, the darker is used to make tablets and time released medicines. It is one of the wonders of nature for its varied uses, like bullet lube.