You might find beeswax too thick/sticky for pole joints, which are made to very tight tolerances. As they wear, they get easier - if they were not tight when new, they'd become sloppy quite quickly.
You could try polishing the male joint (oooer, etc) with somethng like WD40, but I wouldn't use too much of it. The other thing is not to jam them together too hard. As long as they don't actually rattle, you're very unlikely to find they work loose. Just a gentle push and twist should do the trick.