As a girl, one of my favorite things to do with Grandpa was tie a rock to a string, then dip it over and over into a Folger's coffee can containing melted beeswax to make taper candles. They always ...

Did you know there would be no honey without wax? You see, bee wax is the foundation of the hive. Honey bees build their comb from wax. 2WTK got an up close look at how bees make beeswax with Chuck ...

How bees make wax is a delicate thing. Bees have glands that convert sugar in honey into wax, which oozes through the bees small pores to produce tiny flakes of wax on their abdomen. Worker bees chew ...

ong before I even thought about becoming a beekeeper, my mom taught me how to make beeswax candles. In fact, making beeswax candles is what first got me interested in keeping bees! Here is a brief ...

Beeswax candle-making is an ancient practice, started by Egyptian and Roman civilizations of millennia past. As with all great and simple arts, it has stood the test of time to be embraced by a new ...