BEESWAX

A natural Candle Making wax

Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. While we all know that bees produce honey and humans have been utilizing it for ages. Bees contribute to producing other products as well like Beeswax. Beeswax is a product made from the honeycomb of the honeybee and other bees. The mixing of pollen oils into honeycomb wax turns the white wax into a yellow or brown color. One of the earliest-known cases of human interaction with beeswax was found in a 6500-year-old tooth, in which a cavity was filled with beeswax.

Beeswax has also historically been used for metal casting. This technique, which is called “lost wax casting,” is the process by which beeswax is sculpted into the desired shape (what the final product should look like), then covered in clay and baked. Baking melts the wax, leaving only the hardened clay as a mold. Liquid metal is then poured into the clay mold and later broken open to reveal the finished metal product. This method is still sometimes used today and has been around in West Africa for well over 600 years.

While Beeswax is been used for so many things, another popular use of it is, making candles which are getting popular because of various reasons: