Pittsburgh company using beeswax to help with oil spill

[tillie]

I found this on Naturebee.  A Pittsburgh area company makes those booms that (attempt to) contain the oil spill.  The booms they make are filled with beeswax - microorganisms in the water eat both the oil and the beeswax and leave NOTHING - no oil, no residue.  In the article, they don't say where they get all this beeswax - an apiary behind the plant?  tons of environmentally focused beekeepers in Philly?

http://kdka.com/local/beeswax.bioboom.robinson.2.1754000.html

Linda T in Atlanta