How do you melt beeswax when you do not have a solar melter?

Fill a washtub about half full of water and use it as a double boiler with a lard can or something similar to hold the wax. Fill the lard can about one-third full of water. Place it in the tub and put a fire under the washtub, and then start adding old comb and cappings as fast as they will melt down. After you have all of the combs melted, skim off any foreign substance that may be floating on top. Then with a dipper, take the wax off the top and put it in containers or molds you have for that purpose. The slumgum will be down in the water at the bottom and most of your wax will be clean. Be very careful as beeswax will ignite easily when near fire.