Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Beeswax

Making Beeswax



  1. you can't eat it
  2. You have to take out the imperfections
  3. the wax is supposed to be yellow not black  
  4. Imperfections are heavy
  5. Boil the beeswax with a bowl and saucepan put a bit of water in the bottom and put on the element and leave to boil  
How to get the wax
  1. The bees vomit the wax witch makes honey
Back to the wax
  1. Use cheesecloth to clean out the imperfectionsImage result for beeswax Image result for beeswax


Kaine had to by a queen bee. To run his hive that he
got for Christmas. a queen and five frames of bees cost
$500.00 dollars.

1 comment:

  1. Hey Callum. I was so surprised at how much Kaine knew about bees weren't you? What was the most interesting thing that you learnt about beeswax? Do you think that you would like to own bees? I'm not sure I would! Miss H

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