Beeswax
Production
When the bees consume enough food (honey and pollen) their wax glands are activated and the so-called natural beeswax is produced with which the bees build their honeycombs. The beekeeper manages to get the beeswax from the “peeling” during the extraction of the honey and from the old honeycombs. The raw material is heated, at which point the wax melts and rises to the surface, from where it is obtained.
Today the wax finds various applications, such as:
- In the manufacture of traditional candles. Beeswax is considered to be the most natural substance used in candles, as paraffins and animal or vegetable fats are commonly used. Candles made from beeswax do not have toxic combustion like those made from paraffin and burn three times slower than others.
- In the cosmetics industry. Wax is widely used in face and body creams, sunscreens, toothpastes, etc.
- In medicine and pharmaceuticals.
- In the varnish industry for the most effective maintenance of many surfaces (furniture, floors, cars, etc.)