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Fig. 5

From: Melliferous insects and the uses assigned to their products in the northern Yungas of Salta, Argentina

Fig. 5

Elaboration of home made candles from wax of mansita (Plebeia sp. nov.). a Manual pressing of honey. b Honey filtering and extraction of wax. c Sun drying of wax (marked by yellow arrows). d Elaboration of homemade candles according to the second procedure. In the illustration, a fastener with cloth wicks to be put into boiled water with a mix of melted wax and fallow. e Candle obtained with procedure number one

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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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