Is there pollen in the beeswax?

[candleshopcreations]

Is there pollen in the beeswax? Will it clog the wick? Is this what makes the wax yellow?

[wschnute]

Pollen is the protein part of the honeybee diet and is water soluble and I do not think it would dissolve in beeswax. What I think you are hearing about is Propolis. The bees make propolis from the resins in trees and use it to glue the hive together. They fill cracks and holes with it. Propolis will dissolve in beeswax and that is what gives it the yellow color.

Sometimes small particles of dirt will be in the wax and that can clog the wick and cause the flame to sputter. Some candle makers will filter their wax. We prefer a more natural method of cleaning the wax where we let the hot wax "settle" in our wax tanks - the dirt will settle to the bottom and the wax above will be very clean.