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Pure, Clean, Renewable

Beeswax candles burn clean and bright. Unlike soy, which is often GMO & heavily treated with pesticides or parafin, a petroleum based wax, beeswax is a pure byproduct of honeybees.

When a beeswax candle burns, it changes negative ions to positive ions— the idyllic environment for purified air. In other words, beeswax candles remove dust, pollen, toxins and odors from the air while other candles emit artificial perfumes, toxins and irritants.

It burns longer, making it a great value. It burns brighter, emitting a light that is similar to sunlight, ensuring a cheerful atmosphere and mood boost with the natural light scent of honey.

Many candles advertised as "beeswax" are actually made of a composite of beeswax and other waxes (palm, paraffin, petroleum) and are not actually pure beeswax. Be assured that all of my candles are 100% beeswax, with absolutely nothing added or mixed in. I buy all my wax from local beekeepers.

Natural Colors

Beeswax comes in a variety of colors ranging from warm browns, golden yellows and light white depending on age, where it was in the hive and what was stored in it such as brood, pollen or honey.

What IS beeswax anyway?

It is a wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis Mellifera. Beeswax is secreted from eight wax-producing glands on the worker bee’s abdomen in thin sheets called scales. Beeswax is typically produced by the younger house bees between twelve and twenty days old. As the bee grows older and begins to collect pollen and nectar, these glands start to shrink, but their ability to produce beeswax doesn’t disappear. When bees swarm they will rapidly produce wax comb, since they need to quickly create a place for the queen to lay eggs and somewhere to store food.

A colony of bees consumes over 8 pounds of honey to produce one pound of wax.

Beeswax has been valued throughout human history. The oldest evidence is found as far back as 7000 BCE in Neolithic sites in Anatolia (Cayonü) (Southeastern Turkey) ~American Bee Journal

Won't you join me?

A single honeybee will visit up to 2,000 flowers in a single day

If you enjoy fruit on your trees or most vegetables in your garden, you can thank these hard workers. Honeybees pollinate approximately 80% of the worlds plants.

Ask me about pollinator friendly gardening, you'll see bees and butterflies in your yard in no time.

A portion of my sales go to Pollinator Partnership. A local non-profit. Their mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.