I have a friend with new bee hives, and she was asking what kinds of things one can do with beeswax (that aren’t crazy complicated.)
What are your favorite things to do wth it?
I have a friend with new bee hives, and she was asking what kinds of things one can do with beeswax (that aren’t crazy complicated.)
What are your favorite things to do wth it?
Mustache wax.
Maybe that’s just me.
candles, soap, lip balm, sun tan lotion, lubricant, and the list goes on.
I make mustache wax as well (though I chopped my mustache off last week). I also use it to make a metal finish for Blacksmithing.
I kept bees for 20 years with a modest number of hives and always found a use for my wax. I recommend:
I use it to condition leather, to wax thread, and canvas. I would love to purchase some if she has too much to use.
Once upon a time I used to use it for making hand balm and candles. I also would love to purchase some if she happens to have excess.
she can mind her own!
(sad trombone noise at the failed joke)
If she’s just starting out, she may not get enough wax to really do anything with for the first couple years. The bees will be more focused on drawing out new comb on empty frames.
Make a little mold so that you can pour small bars of it, then sell it to hobby people by weight.
use it to finish forged steel.
lip gloss make it
I combine with mineral oil for a butcher block / cutting board paste
ive made low temperature candles by mixing a ratio of beeswax and coconut oil and a crayon.
soak some yarn/ twine / cloth/ or string in salt water and hang to dry. it’ll slow down the burn rate.
i use big paper/ plastic disposable drinking cups as molds. alternately paper / cardboard can be cut / shaped into molds if you were looking for something more custom/ less like a cup.
your results may vary with this beeswax. maybe give a few trial runs with a medical thermometer to see what the temps are.