Things to do with wax

This year we have for the first time used a home made solar extractor to melt down wax to show - May 2012 - we were successful in getting good clean wax that only needed filtering and setting in moulds , it smelt and looked great. We weren't just biased because we won the wax categories at our local honey show and the Moorgreen Show this year. It was a lovely surprise to find that a trophy went along with this success!

I love the smell and feel of the blocks of wax and have used it to ease sticking wooden drawers - but it takes a lot more skill to make things like cosmetics or polish with the wax. Not surprisingly it also involves some legislation if these products are to be sold or used by other people- so this area takes some dedication. We have only dabbled in using wax for obvious things like candles, wax blocks and like other bee-keepers cleaning up wax in order to swap it for new foundation.

Christmas Cards

This year at the December meeting of  NBKA, Linda Jordan generously handed out Christmas themed moulds of wax- these gave an idea for another craft idea- Christmas cards. These are simply double mounted on card with a loop which enables the decoration to be removed and hung on the Christmas tree!