Beeswax isn’t just the stuff of candles and lip balm — it’s one of the most incredible natural building materials in the world. And it comes straight from the bees themselves.
🔬 How Bees Make It:
Worker bees (around 12–18 days old) have wax glands on their abdomens.
These glands secrete tiny flakes of wax — like delicate translucent chips.
Bees chew the flakes and mold them into hexagonal cells — the iconic honeycomb.
It takes roughly 8 pounds of honey to produce 1 pound of beeswax. So yes, beeswax is precious.
🧡 What It’s Used For:
Building brood cells to raise baby bees
Storing honey and pollen
Sealing off honey for long-term storage (like wax Tupperware!)
Beeswax is naturally antibacterial and incredibly stable, which is why it’s so popular in clean beauty, skincare, and sustainable food wraps.
