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From Flower to Flame

(Or How Beeswax Candles are made from Flowers)

Honeybee on a dandelion
Fruit trees in bloom Dandelions in bloom
   
The honeybees harvest nectar from flowers, return to the hive with this sweet floral essesence and concentrate it into honey.

 

 

The Honeybees consumes the honey and with their wax glands on the sides of their bodies they transform the honey into wax scales. (Image is from Dr. Zachary Huang at MSU)




Workers around 6-12 days old can produce wax scales in their four pairs of wax glands. The glands are concealed between the inter-segmental membranes, but the wax scales produced can be seen, usually even with naked eyes. The scales are thin and quite clear. After workers chew them up and add saliva, it becomes more whitish.

These wax scales are used by the honeybees to make honeycombs to store their honey in.

 

The beekeepers harvest this honey and during the extracting process the cappings (the ends of the hexagonal cells) are cut or scraped off allowing the honey to come out.

 

These cappings are melted, cleaned from debris and formed into bulk beeswax.

 

The candlemaker refines this wax and crafts it into beautiful candles.
 
 
 
 

 



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Todays
Beeswax
Candle FAQ:

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How wide are your tapers and do they vary in size?

We guarantee that ALL OF OUR TAPERS WILL VARY IN SIZE because they are all hand made.

The diameter of our 9.5 & 12 inch tapers are usually between 3/4 and 7/8 inch (we try to keep them just under 7/8 inch). The diameter increases with every dip by about 1/8 inch and it is impossible to have every one the same. Many times the candles on each frame will vary in size.

More....

Beeswax Candle Dipping
at
Honeyflow Farm

Beeswax Candle Dipping
Wicks for 6 pairs of beeswax candles are on a frame and dipped into hot wax.
Beeswax Candle Dipping
6 pairs of beeswax candles half finished.
Beeswax Candle Dipping
The frame is split in half & only 3 pairs are now dipped.
Beeswax Candle Dipping
The beeswax candles are hanging in a rack to cool between dipps.
Beeswax Candle Dipping

The finished product.

View our New Pictorial On How We Make These Candles.