Our 1 1/2 inch tall, 12 - 15 hour beeswax votive candles are a very popular item. Most retail stores do not carry beeswax votives. We make them in the natural unscented beeswax and Bayberry & Cinnamon scented.
Triple wick pillars are some of the largest we have. Our beeswax pillars are hand made with old fashioned style metal molds. It takes at least 24 hours of pouring, cooling & manipulation to create just one of these candles. Larger square braided wicks are used in our cylinder pillars allowing the proper amount of wax to be fed to the flame. With this process we end up with a larger and longer burning candle.
Our 1 1/2 inch tall, 12 - 15 hour Beeswax Bayberry or Cinnamon scented votive candles. Very popular at Christmas.
Our Beeswax Early American Style Smokeless Tapers are hand made at our farm in Michigan. They are sold in pairs and are made by dipping them 20 - 30 times into hot beeswax. We have been beekeepers for more than 30 years, harvesting honey and beeswax and selling to the local markets.
Hand-dipped beeswax tapers are available in 6.5 inch, 9.5 inch & 12 inch lengths. The 6.5 inch tapers are slightly less than 3/4 inch and the 9.5 & 12 inch tapers are closer to 7/8 inch in diameter. The sizes vary slightly since they are hand made. Even the tapers in the same batch varies (we do loads of 30 pair at a time).
These tapers burn cleaner, drip and smoke less than any other wax, cleaning and purifying the air as they burn.
Beeswax is made from the Nectar of Flowers, burns with a sweet scent and purifies the air. Not polluted with dies or colors.
Our Beeswax comes from local Michigan beekeepers - a lot of beeswax sold on line comes from China. We refuse a lot of promotions trying to sell us cheap, polluted non-American wax.
Your candles may have "Bloom" on them. This is the powdery looking finish that ONLY BEESWAX CANDLES CAN DEVELOP and will give them an antique look . It will usually appear after a few months in storage and can be wiped off if desired.
Customer Comments Christmas 2017:
Hi Bill and Pat - Just wanted you to know that these are the absolute best candles. They burn so evenly and smell wonderful! I will be ordering more from you, since I have given away quite a few as gifts for Christmas. Take Care and all the Best in the upcoming year! Roy
We include one of our Beeswax Candle Cards (an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper - folded) - Custom made for our Amazon Customers.
very candle sold on our site is packed in a plastic sleeve to protect them (no little paper bands)
We include one of our Beeswax Candle Cards (an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper - folded) - Custom made for our Amazon Customers.
The Candle Card has safety and candle burning tips, and is packaged with each pair of candles in every single and 3 pair pack shipped. (Bulk packs have one card per package)
These are Pure Beeswax, Hand Made - Lead Free, Cotton Wicked, Smokeless and Dripless Tapers. They have been dipped 30 - 40 times into hot beeswax until they reach 3/4 or 7/8 inch at the base.
Your candles may have "Bloom" on them. This is the powdery looking finish that ONLY BEESWAX CANDLES CAN DEVELOP and will give them an antique look . It will usually appear after a few months in storage and can be wiped off if desired.
Ancient Egyptians recognized the value of beeswax as a preservative, and early Romans fashioned coins from beeswax to pay their taxes. Invention of the candle dates back to about 400 B.C., but the idea to use beeswax to form candles didn't emerge until the Middle Ages.
What's the white cloudy film on my beeswax candle?
This white film, called bloom, is normal and occurs to all pure beeswax. This is caused because some of the components of the beeswax migrate to the surface. Bloom can be easily removed by wiping the candle with a soft cloth, applying gentle heat with a hair dryer, or placing the candle in warm sunlight. Even though the bloom is easily removable, many people actually desire this effect as it tends to give the beeswax candle a unique and rustic look and feel.
10 reasons to choose beeswax instead of paraffin!
Beeswax candles burn cleaner than paraffin candles, producing very little soot.
Beeswax candles burn a lot longer than paraffin candles.
Beeswax candles contain none of the harmful chemicals sometimes found in paraffin candles.
Our beeswax taper candles are virtually dripless in normal draft free conditions.
The light emitted by a beeswax candle is much stronger and brighter than that of a paraffin candle.
Beeswax candles have a natural aroma and honey scent, no additives needed.
Beeswax is a renewable resource!
Beeswax candles can be burned around those with allergies or who are sensitive to strong chemical scents.
Natural beeswax candles support our beekeepers; our candles are created out of beeswax made in the USA.
Beeswax candles do not expire. Beeswax has been found in the pyramids virtually unchanged after 1000s of years.
What causes a candle to smoke, and what can I do to correct it? Is candle soot harmful?
A well-made candle will create virtually no smoke when burning properly. However, if the wick becomes too long, or an air current disturbs the flame's teardrop shape, small amounts of unburned carbon particles (soot) will escape from the flame as a visible wisp of smoke. Any candle will soot if the flame is disturbed.
To avoid this, always trim the wick to ¼ inch before every use and be sure to place candles away from drafts, vents or air currents. If a candle continually flickers or smokes, it is not burning properly and should be extinguished. Allow the candle to cool, trim the wick, make sure the area is draft free, then re-light.
These pure beeswax ornaments will look perfect hanging on your Christmas tree or wall. The average in weight of these is 1 1/2 to 2 oz and sizes range from 2 to 3 inches wide x 3 to 4 1/2 inches tall and 7/16 to 1 1/4 inches thick. You can order them separately or all 4 of our large Christmas ornaments for $12.60!
Set of 6
Beeswax
Small Ornaments ($8.75)
Beeswax Hanging Ball Ornament ($7.75)
Set of 6 Beeswax Small Ornaments - ($8.75) - This is the smaller size set of our Christmas Ornments. The gold cord makes it very easy to hang on a Christmas Tree. The average size is 3 inches tall x 1/4 inches thick. They are also the ideal Holiday gift!
Beeswax Hanging Ornament - ($7.75) - A 2 1/2 inch wide x 2 1/2 inch tall Christmas Tree ornament. Comes with a gold chain to hang it on your tree (not shown).
Since many people are becoming more unhappy with Facebook censorship and sharing your personal data - people are moving to other Social Networks such as "Diaspora". There are fewer people on Diaspora, but it is growing.
Instead of all of your data on a huge database, Diaspora uses "Pods" that are all over the country. Our pod is called "Natural News" which is health and farming related. Our information is only on this one Pod - not spread across the whole world, but our posts are viewed by all Diaspora viewers world wide.
Why do I need to choose a pod?
One of the greatest freedoms Diaspora offers you is the freedom to choose where your personal data is stored, by choosing a pod. Each pod has a different domain name, and is managed by different people on different servers in different physical locations. You're probably used to having no choice over where your data are stored when you sign up to a new social network, so it's likely you've never had to think about this before. Don't worry -- all pods connect to the same Diaspora network, and once you sign up you'll be communicating and sharing with users across all pods, not just users in your own pod. It's really just a question of where the content you share will be physically hosted, as a security and privacy concern.
There is also something "Aspects".
"Aspects of your life
Your life is made up of lots of different aspects, involving different people. Why should your online life be any different? With diaspora*’s aspects you can organize your online life as much as you want and share things only with the people you want to." (Our site has, family, friends, farm, work etc)
+ Niagara grape wine is one of my favorite white wines. It is easy to harvest (the clusters are big and juicy), and easy to make wine from. I Think of it as a Eastern version of Moscato. (AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IT AVAILABLE - 12 ...
Marechal Foch, Frontenac and DeChaunac are our main wine grapes - along with Concord for the Concord Wine lovers. + Marechal Foch - Small clusters of black, medium sized berries. Outstanding burgundy type red wine without blending. Very good q...
+ Niagara grape wine is one of my favorite white wines. It is easy to harvest (the clusters are big and juicy), and easy to make wine from. I Think of it as a Eastern version of Moscato. (AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IT AVAILABLE - 12 ...
Carniolan Queens are usually black and all of their offspring are darker making the whole colony look dark.
3 queens in small 1 inch wide wooden boxes - ready to install
Worker Bees
Worker Bees
Honeybee Brood
Brood
Ancient Grape Storage
Ancient Grape Storage
Storing grapes without refregiration - Sabsina, 11, holds a bowl of grapes that were placed inside months earlier. ALL PHOTOS BY STEFANIE GLINSKI FOR GASTRO OBSCURA
Ziaulhaq Ahmadi sits on the floor of his small, one-story house, a brown, mud-walled compound at the end of a dusty alley in Aqa Saray. Surrounded by vineyards, fruit trees, and snow-capped mountains, the village is a half hour’s drive north of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital. With great gentleness, he taps on what looks like a sealed mud bowl until it cracks open.
Ahmadi, 45, reveals a handful of grapes from inside the mud container. They have been there, he explains, since harvest time, nearly five months ago, and kept for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which is celebrated on the spring equinox. After all these months, his grapes still look perfect, and are perfectly fresh.
A proud smile forms on his wrinkled face. “We use an ancient preservation technique,” he says.
Set of all 4 Large Beeswax Ornaments ($12.60)
