Natural organic beeswax is the core of our candles & cosmetics
The core medium for many of our products, historical presentations, & renaissance festival shops is beeswax. While we create goods for many purposes and markets, we started our business on products made with beeswax. We feel beeswax is one of the greatest natural treasures for natural skin care and home goods. All natural, non-toxic, skin safe, edible, anti-microbial, durable, efficient, & long lasting, beeswax has been used in hundreds of thousands of products worldwide for millennia.
We only use pure adulterated cappings wax for our candles and raw wax sales. Our beeswax is organic and is derived from responsible renewable sources and hives we control to insure quality. As varied in appearance as any of nature's elements, beeswax ranges in colors from light yellow to gold, deep browns and reds.
In its raw state, the hive’s wax honey comb (not the cappings) contains leftover honey, honey comb, bee parts, pollen and propolis throughout the hive. Beeswax in this state is used for many different crafts and purposes. Some types of raw candles are made with this wax; also, wood, metal and leather workers will often use this less expensive raw wax.
The cappings wax is the thin new layers of wax used to cover and seal the cells in the hive storing honey and protecting young. This pure sweet wax is what we use for our candles & cosmetics after careful gravity filtering to remove any debris from the hive.
At home beeswax can be used to make your own balms, salves,
creams, polishes, candles & more for the bath and kitchen. Crafters keep beeswax for strengthening thread, waxing zippers for easy glide, water proofing shoes, tents, wood, boats, leather and hundreds of other uses.
We filter, pour and brick this wax from its raw state into 1 ounce to 40 lb bricks with some varied shapes and designs. We then use the bricks to fill our wax melters and batch pots.
Beeswax facts you may not know.
- Beeswax is non-toxic.
- When burning, beeswax does not smoke, drip, or soot.
- When burning, pure beeswax emits a brighter, similar light spectrum to sunlight which many people prefer for reading and atmosphere.
- People with asthma, allergies and breathing conditions are able to enjoy beeswax candles, and they are safe for sensitive exotic pets,
birds, & reptiles. - Beeswax burns many times longer than most other waxes used
in modern candles. - Beeswax candles do not create soot, do not smoke and do not
drip when properly maintained. - Beeswax is a clean fuel, soaking into the wick like a lamp oil, fueling the flame.
- Upwards of 160,000 honeybees consume as much as 10 pounds of
honey to produce a single pound of beeswax. - Honeybees fly the equivalent of 7-10 trips around the world to produce just one pound of wax.
- Beeswax, when secreted by the honeybee, is odorless. It is during the storage of the beeswax within the comb, after mixing with honey
pollen, and propolis that it takes on its yellow color and naturally sweet scent. - Beeswax does not deteriorate over time. Usable beeswax has been discovered in tombs of ancient Egyptians and on shipwrecks deep under water for centuries and more.
- 10 flowers contain 1 drop of nectar, 1 bee can carry 1 drop of nectar, 10 drops of nectar yield 1 drop of honey, 10 drops of honey equals 1 drop of wax, 1000 flowers yield 1 drop of beeswax.
The Wick
Natural organic beeswax is the core of our candles & cosmetics
Our prize beeswax craft is our candles. From the artisan side of making a durable natural reliable product that is useful today in many of the same ways it has been for thousands of years, to the artistic side for our candle designs and large wax sculptures. We love making beeswax candles and pride ourselves as the most unique and highest quality candles to be found.
Equal to the importance of our wax and experience with candle making, is the wick itself. Because beeswax is a fuel it requires a more durable, thicker wick to carry the viscous fuel better. Many standard candle wicks can serve this purpose with varying success, but none match our combination of hemp or mullein fiber.
When it comes to the candle, think of the wick as the engine, and the wax as the fuel. As a beeswax candle burns, the wax pool melts, then soaks into the wick fueling the flame, while the wick itself burns little except when first lit and if allowed to smolder. This is why our standard beeswax candle has wick that must be trimmed rather than a hole or a funnel burned down into the wax pillar.
Our wicking is made from fiber and combinations of hemp and mullein tightly twisted into strands, twine, cord, & rope, then cooked in hot beeswax for several days at high temperatures. Because our wicking burns many times longer than the wax in a standard pillar candle, you can feed additional raw beeswax to your candle to extend the life. This is the same principle as adding fuel to the lantern.
Our handmade wicking goes in every pillar, votive, jar, tea-lite and candle we sell with the exception of tapers and the occasional custom candle to fit the patrons needs. For those few exceptions we use an all-natural cotton braid wick.