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Classic 3x5 beeswax pillars! Freshly made and hand poured.

We’ve been busy rendering our own beeswax from comb that we’ve collected from the top bars of our supers. We collect this burr comb wax during the honey flow and save it so we can process it in the off season. Our process includes melting this wax in a water bath, straining it through a fine mesh fabric that is placed over a bucket that has three or so inches of water in it. We let the wax cool for at least 12 hours, then remove the wax brick and scrape the bottom debris off. We repeat this process a second time. The final stage is to remelt the wax and filter any fine debris out of the wax. We then transfer this wax to another vessel then melt and transfer the beeswax to a 4lb wax pouring pitcher.

The next step is pouring the melted beeswax into silicone molds. This photo is a test burn of two different wicks that are in our votive beeswax candles. We’re looking for a nice flame and a burn that is appropriate for the size of candle. Different sizes of wick will burn the wax at different rates.

A tip with beeswax candles is to fold the edges after a burn while the beeswax is still soft. This creates a pool for the next burn and will allow you to have a nice even burn with a wick that doesn’t become too short.

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