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Beeswax
Research
What is Beeswax?
Beeswax is the building material of the Honey Bee. It is produced from four pairs of glands situated under the abdomen of the worker bee. The beeswax is produced by the bees when they are gathering nectar and is used to build the honey comb in which the nectar is stored.
Why is most beeswax yellow?
Pure beeswax is white in colour but most people will be more familiar with yellow to orange coloured beeswax. The colour is due to natural staining from pollen and propolis gathered when the bees are producing the beeswax. The beeswax colour will vary depending on the type of nectar source that the bees are gathering.
Composition of Beeswax.
Beeswax is a complex substance consisting of Monoesters, Hydrocarbons, Diesters, Free Acids, Hydroxy Polyesters, Unidentified components, Hydroxy Monoesters, Triesters, Acid Polyesters, Acid Esters, Free Alcohols.
Sources
http://beeswax.co.nz/
https://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/what-is-beeswax-ze0z1511zcwil
The comb is built up from nothing and serves as a house, a nursery, and a food pantry.
Over the millennia, bees have figured out that by building their combs into hexagons, the combs hold the most amount of honey and require the least amount of wax
In the simplest terms, it is a wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. Beeswax consists of at least 284 different compounds, mainly a variety of long-chain alkanes, acids, esters, polyesters, and hydroxy esters, but the exact composition of beeswax varies with location. It has a specific gravity of about 0.95 and a melting point of over 140 degrees F.
Comes From
Bees
Beehives
Qualities
Physical Qualities
Appearance
Melted
Transparent
Yellow
Watery
Solid
Opaque
Smell
Floral
Rich
Sweet
Sickening
Depends on where it is from
Sound
Squeaky when solid and rubbed.
Deep sound when hit
Feel
Before Melting
Rough
Hard
Solid
Heavy
Cold
Very Dry
After Melting
Smooth
Thinner
Solid
Softer
Holds heat for a long time
Softens slowly in hands and on skin
Sticky
Sometimes Cracks
Sticks together but doesn't always bind together
When Melted
Hot
Watery
Smooth
Thin
Wet
Conceptual Qualities
Bees
"Worker bees"
Black and Yellow
Polinators
Allow flora and fauna to survive
Becoming endangered
Fuzzy
Beehives
Factories
Encasing
Safety
Order
Structure
Health
Natural
Green
Organic
Antiseptic Qualities
Supplements
"Natural Gold"
Valuable
Expensive
Useful
Widely Applicable
