Beeswax

Keeping Bees and Making Honey₁ is an easy to read book for those fascinated by bees or thinking about getting into the business of beekeeping. It is well illustrated and makes the following facts about beeswax available:

• Beeswax is generated by bees as a result of the honey they consume.


• Worker bees between 12 and 18 days of age secrete beeswax. They have wax-secretion glands in their abdomen.


• Beeswax is yellow has a melting point between 146 and 149 degrees Fahrenheit.


• Uses of beeswax include wood finishing and wood conditioning, waterproofing, coating of fishing lines to facilitate floating and lubrication (wooden drawers, tools...).₂

Reference

1. Keeping Bees and Making Honey by Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum; Publisher, F+W Publications Inc., Copyright by David and Charles Ltd. 2008.
2. Keeping Bees and Making Honey by Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum; Publisher, F+W Publications Inc., Copyright by David and Charles Ltd. 2008; Pages 106-107.


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