Beeswax

What is beeswax?

Beeswax is a product of special wax-producing glands of worker bees. The glands are most productive when a bee is 12-18 days old, especially if there is enough honey and pollen which are essential in wax secretion. When building honeycomb, bees work together, one following the other. Each brings a piece of wax it had secreted, glues it onto the building, pushes it, adjusts it and quickly moves on to make room for the next bee. Honey bees build three types of wax cells: cells for working bees, for drones and for the queen. Cells for the working bees and the drones are meant to hold brood, honey and pollen, while cell for the queen serves only for the queen to brood. The whole bee community depends on the beeswax quality.

Usage

Beeswax has been used for many centuries in the folk medicine for production of balms and other cures, as well as for production of wax candles. It is not toxic and it doesn't cause any problems if swallowed. Cosmetic industry has found its many uses as well.

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