How is Beeswax obtained?
I purchased a pure Beeswax candle and it burns longer. Just wondering if the beeswax comes before the honey or what is the process of acquiring the wax. Does the beeswax candle create the soot like other candles when you burn them in your home? The soot does leave a telltale film on things.
>>>Just wondering if the beeswax comes before the honey or
>>> what is the process of acquiring the wax.
The wax is the material used by bees to create the honeycomb in which the honey is stored. So in that sense the wax comes before the honey. However wax is normally extracted by apiarists AFTER the honey has been removed. Usually only the older frames with the older wax is removed from the hive, and those older frames will have been filled and refilled with honey several times. The newer cleaner wax is usually left to be refilled.
>>>>Does the beeswax candle create the soot like other candles
>>>>when you burn them in your home?
Beeswax candles create MORE soot than normal parrafin candles. Parrafin is a simple, high quality material extracted from mineral oil, and it burns very clean. Beeswax is a complex mixture of substances, many of which don't burn well at all. It is the unburnt material that we see as soot.
Not only do beeswax candles produce more soot, but the soot tends to be a very noticeable black colour.
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