Getting to know your Bees and our Beeswax Candles ♡
Getting to know your beeswax candles and why they truly are so pleasant to share with your loved ones & to have around your home.
Pure beeswax candles are known to burn with very little smoke while carrying a soft natural aroma proving as a great choice for those with a nose that is sensitive to potent fragrance. They offer a slow burn making our Pure Bee's Wax Candle with a 30hour + burn time a priority in our at home emergency kit incase of an unexpected late night power outage. Beeswax shares it’s unique ability to release negative ions as it burns helping to improve air quality, it can be particularly favoured by those experiencing allergies or asthma as the negative ions being released can bind with toxins such a dander and dust particles to help remove them from the air. We also enjoy the fact that burning beeswax is easy on the Earth and comes from the mighty worker bee!
But how do the bees make the wax I wonder?
It all begins at the heart of the flower as the bees collect the sweet nectar and pollen that is then brought home to the hive to be converted into honey.
It is the worker bees that have a specialized wax producing gland that is located on their abdomen. When the bees eat the honey their specialized glands convert the sugar from the honey into mostly transparent wax flakes that are secreted through tiny pores leading to their exterior abdomen. The wax flakes are then chewed on by the bees which then converts into more of a white coloured wax due to the contact with the saliva and mastication process. the wax will gain its classic yellow colour as it matures over time. Once the wax flakes have gone through mastication the now softened wax can now be added onto the current comb that is being constructed or to any places in the hive in need of repair. In the summer months the average worker bee has a life span of about 6-7 weeks with roughly a week of climaxed wax production. The creation of wax is just one of many amazing habits of the worker bee and is very important for the colony as it is used to build and hold the strength of the comb structures which act as homes for bee families as well as providing storage for winter food, the queens eggs, pollen and honey of course!
We dream to one day to raise and care for our own bee colony once we have to proper space to care for them. In the mean time we will continue to get to know, support and spread the love that these miraculous insects provide, we appreciate your labours of love little worker bees!
In our home we often burn an ESC 100% PURE Beeswax Candle an hour before bed and mist our Natural Lavender Room & Body Spray on our pillows before going to sleep, this routine is one of my favourite ways to welcome in a calming essence and a peaceful journey to dreamland.
Do you have knowledge you’d like to share about the bee’s? Let us know in the comments below! We’d love to hear your thoughts
This post was brought to you be the Co creator of Earth and Soul Collections,
Brooke Rankin. Proud to be getting to know our Earth with you!
