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No, bees wax is a natural animal product. Paraffin or canning wax is an artificial or synthetic product derived from vegetable oils.
You may reuse brine only if it is to refrigerate something such as refrigerator pickles. If it is cloudy or murky, do not reuse. Also, you cannot use pre-used brine for canning.
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You can reuse the canning jars but you would need to buy replacement seals. Most grocery stores carry them.
Likely not. However they may sell canning paraffin which may contain bees wax.
It is not safe to reuse commercial canning jars for home canning. The glass in home canning jars is thicker than in commercial jars and they are created specifically to work with 2-piece lids. It is also not advisable to use very old canning jars.
The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning states that green beans and wax beans can be processed in a hot water bath or hot pack method using a pressure canner. Refer to Guide 4 of this USDA canning guide, it is titled "Guide 4 Selecting, Preparing, and Canning Vegetables and Vegetable Products". The guide (all parts) are available as download in a PDF file format.
Paraffin wax can usually be purchased from any grocery store with a home canning section. It is also available at Walmart and many hardware stores. Be certain to purchase a food grade wax, as all paraffin waxes are not the same.
Heather Canning's birth name is Heather Joan Canning.
Andrea Canning's birth name is Andrea Mead Canning.
My wife and I have been canning for over 20 years and we re-use our lids each year. Occasionally a jar will not seal (about 1 or 2 per year), but we have never gotten sick from our home canning. However, one must be prudent when opening a jar so as not to bend the lid unduly.
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