METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM BEESWAX

• Main Authors: Gómez Ramos, María José, Hernando Guil, María Dolores, Rodríguez Fernández-Alba, Amadeo, Ferrer Amate, Carmen María, Valverde García, Antonio, Flores Serrano, José Manuel, Cutillas Juárez, Víctor Manuel, Alonso Aguila, Raúl, Rodríguez Fernández-Alba, Antonio
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 26.07.2022
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DETERGENTS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PERFUMES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCING (PRESSING, EXTRACTION), REFINING AND PRESERVINGFATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES (e.g. LANOLIN), FATTY OILS AND WAXES,INCLUDING EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS; SEPARATION; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of beeswax from beekeeping farms, contaminated with residues of veterinary and phytosanitary treatments by means of a process of extraction of the molten wax with methanol and the subsequent steps for the adaptation of the wax obtained to manufacture hives therefrom that are accepted by the bees, and that can also be used in galenic formulations. Therefore, the technological framework in which this invention is included is that of beekeeping and, more specifically, beeswax extraction processes and devices. Procedimiento de eliminación de contaminantes de cera de abeja. La presente invención se refiere a un procedimiento para el tratamiento de cera de abeja procedente de explotaciones apícolas, contaminada con restos de tratamientos veterinarios y fitosanitarios mediante un proceso de extracción de la cera fundida con metanol y las posteriores etapas para la adecuación de la cera obtenida para fabricar, a partir de ella, colmenas que son aceptadas por las abejas, además de poder utilizarse en formulaciones galénicas. Por tanto, el marco tecnológico en el que se engloba esta invención es el de la apicultura y más concretamente en el de procesos y dispositivos de extracción de cera de abeja.