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Beeswax

Honey bees produce beeswax from special glands on the underside of their abdomen.  Used to make honeycomb cells, beeswax makes up the major structure of the hive.

Excess beeswax can be harvested and used for many things around your home.

  • Row of homemade beeswax bug sticks in tubes.

    DIY Bug Bite Relief Sticks

  • Beeswax, honey with dipper and homemade skin care products.

    Easy Homemade Skin Care Recipes

  • Walnut tree with nuts and homemade black walnut salve.

    Black Walnut Salve

  • Homemade beeswax lip balm in white tubes with labels image.

    DIY Lip Balm with Beeswax & Coconut Oil

  • Homemade beeswax foot balm in tin.

    Beeswax Balm for Your Feet

  • Various beeswax christmas ornaments blackened image.

    How to Make Blackened Beeswax Ornaments

  • Homemade body butter with beeswax in a jar and large block of wax image.

    Homemade Body Butter Recipe with Beeswax

  • Homemade beeswax wax melts in fancy heart shapes and simple cupcake sized melts.

    How to Make Beeswax Wax Melts

  • Handmade Christmas tree ornament made from beeswax using a clay cookie mold image.

    DIY Beeswax Christmas Ornaments

  • Gift ready jar of diy vapor rub made with beeswax image.

    DIY Vapor Rub

  • Bee shaped beeswax lotion bar in a gift tin image.

    How to Make Beeswax Lotion Bars

  • Body care herbal salves and balms in small containers.

    Herbal Salves & Balms Beeswax Recipes

  • Small container of homemade beeswax lotion in a basket image.

    Easy Beeswax Lotion Recipe

  • Small cakes of clean beeswax ready to use.

    Beeswax Uses: Home, Beauty & DIY

  • Collection of colorful Fall leaves collected to dip in beeswax image.

    DIY Beeswax-Dipped Leaves: Easy Fall Craft

  • Sheet of colored beeswax and natural beeswax sheets with a pair of homemade candles.

    Beeswax Sheet Candle Tutorials

  • Worker honey bees drawing comb on a new sheet of foundation in hive image.

    Are Your Bees Slow to Build Comb?

  • Pan of beeswax cappings ready to clean image.

    How to Clean Beeswax

  • Honey filled cells in a section of honeycomb from a beehive image.

    What is Honeycomb?

  • Woman with braided hair and block of beeswax for hair care image.

    Beeswax for Hair Care

  • Tin of homemade plantain salve.

    DIY Plantain Salve Recipe

  • Yellow beeswax cake rendered in a crockpot.

    How to Render Beeswax in a Crockpot

  • Beeswax spills being removed from surface with plastic scraper.

    How to Remove Beeswax from Surfaces

  • Selection of various beeswax candles you can make at home.

    Making Candles from Beeswax

  • Colorful homemade beeswax food wraps.

    How to Make Beeswax Wraps

  • Diy herbal wax sachets made with flowers - set of 4 image.

    Scented Wax Sachets

  • Large piece of beeswax comb filled with honey.

    To Eat Beeswax or Not

  • Metal tin of homemade calendula salve made using beeswax image.

    How to Make Calendula Salve

  • Raw beeswax in a homemade solar wax melter image.

    DIY Solar Wax Melter

  • Worker honey bees produces wax honey comb image.

    How do Bees Make Wax?

  • Trio of beeswax sewing cakes in gift bags image.

    Using Beeswax for Sewing

  • Small seashell made into a candle with beeswax and a wick image.

    DIY Seashell Candles (With Beeswax)

  • Wooden spoons and tin of beeswax wood butter image.

    Make Your Own Wooden Spoon Butter

  • Small jar of dandelion salve recipe image.

    Homemade Dandelion Salve

  • Beeswax and other ingredients to make skin care products.

    Beeswax for Skin Care

  • Homemade citronella candles in clay pots with beeswax image.

    DIY Citronella Candles [with Beeswax]

  • Lit beeswax candle in an old cup.

    How to Make Tea Cup Candles

  • Hexagon shaped wax cells in a beehive.

    Why Honey Bees Use Hexagons

  • Can of homemade dog paw balm and brown dog foot image.

    Natural Dog Paw Balm: Easy to Make

  • Homemade beeswax luminaires image.

    How to Make Beeswax Luminaries

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