Beeswax Pillar Candle 74 x 150mm

These Beeswax pillar candles have been developed with premium quality in mind. From dependable burning performance to high-quality construction and professional presentation, these beeswax candles will create an incredible ambiance for any occasion. Made from high-quality blended beeswax, the colour of the wax can vary from a deep brown to a pale yellow depending on what the bees provide. We use gorgeous 100% cotton wicks, which create a superior beautiful light with clean burning.

Beeswax is made by worker bees. It is secreted from glands situated on the underside of the abdomen, and
moulded into the honeycomb that is used as storage space for honey and pollen, and as brood chambers for larval bees. Bees that build the comb gorge themselves on honey and hang together in clusters or chains across the area that is to be built up. After about 24 hours, they produce a drop of liquid wax. It soon hardens into a small white flake, which the bee moves to its mandibles where it is mixed with glandular secretions and chewed. The softened flake of wax is passed along to another worker who will mould it into shape and place it on the growing comb. It takes about four minutes to process a single flake from secretion to comb.

The rich colour of beeswax is a result of the floral sources the bees forage on. Beeswax is almost pure white when first secreted, but gets its colour from the pollen and propolis the bees gather. The natural variations in colour range from almost white to almost black.

Beekeepers obtain beeswax from the “capping” of the honeycomb – the part of the comb that seals in the honey collected by the bees Capping’s are sliced off the comb to harvest the honey and are then melted to separate honey from the wax. About one to two pounds of wax is produced for every hundred pounds of honey.