| Beeswax candles are made from all natural | | | | bleached may not have as much of a honey scent to |
| ingredients made by honeybees. When bees eat | | | | them, but you won't be able to smell the scent of |
| honey, they produce this wax. Beekeepers filter the | | | | bleach. The bleach also helps to filter the beeswax. A |
| beeswax from the honeycombs, cool it and sell it for | | | | candle made from unfiltered bees wax may contain |
| use in making candles. Beeswax candles are the most | | | | small bits of wood or even parts of the bees. |
| natural candles that you can buy. They are available | | | | Over time, you may notice that there is a white |
| as taper candles, votives, tea lights and pillar candles. | | | | powder on the outside of your beeswax candles. |
| For those with sensitive allergies, beeswax candles | | | | This does not mean that the bees wax candles are |
| allow them to enjoy the warmth and beauty of a | | | | no longer any good. The development of this powder |
| burning candle. | | | | is a natural occurrence with beeswax taper candles |
| You don't need to add any scent to a bees wax | | | | and is called blooming. You can easily wipe the |
| candle because the wax is naturally scented with | | | | powder off of the beeswax candle. It is actually a |
| honey. Therefore beeswax candles rarely have any | | | | good thing for this to happen because it will tell you |
| additives and this includes color. The natural yellow | | | | that your bees wax taper candles have been made |
| color adds to the ambiance of a bees wax taper | | | | from pure beeswax. |
| candle and the scent of honey will perfume the air. | | | | If you like making your own candles, beeswax |
| Like soy candles, bees wax candles burn longer and | | | | candles are the easiest ones to make at home. |
| cleaner than paraffin candles. However, one of the | | | | Beeswax is sold in sheets and you don't have to |
| disadvantages of using bees wax taper candles is | | | | bother with any additives, colors or candle scents. |
| that they cost more than soy or paraffin candles. | | | | The bees wax that you buy is already filtered so |
| The wax used in making beeswax candles can vary | | | | you don't need to bother with bleaching it. All you |
| from white to a light brown. In some cases, candle | | | | have to do is melt down the bees wax and pour it |
| makers may add bleach to the wax to lighten the | | | | into your molds to have the perfect beeswax |
| color of the bees wax. Candles that have been | | | | candles. |