Natural bee wax is a solid substance with a snowy yellowish color of different tones, depending on its floral origin and the place in the hive from which it is extracted: clearer and sharper wax from the operculum or layers of wax with which the Bees cover the honey deposits, or raw wax of honey squares, darker and less refined.
It has a melliferous aroma, the intensity of which will depend on the pollen and nectar with which the bees have originally fed.
Pure beeswax is made up of 35% monoesters, 14% hydrocarbons, 14% diesters, 12% free acids, 8% hydroxide polyesters, 6% unidentified, 4% hydroxide monoesters, 3% triesters, 2% polyester acids, 1 % steric acids and 1% free alcohols.
Natural pure beeswax candles have countless advantages over other types of candles:
• Lower smoke emission.
• Greater durability.
• Better flame and combustion.
• Slow oxidation.
• Subtly scented (pleasant aroma of natural wax).
• Produces negative ions that purify the environment (recommended for respiratory conditions).
BEESWAX CANDLES WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
Our natural virgin bee wax comes from the honeycomb of hives in different natural areas throughout the geography of the Iberian Peninsula.
Young worker bees, through their wax glands, secrete snow-colored liquid wax diluted in a volatile component, which when evaporated creates pieces of wax just as we see it in the hive, which is slowly molded by the bees. From the interannular spaces of the bee's abdomen, pure wax scales come out, which they transport to the jaw using their hind legs, to salivate them, chew them, add portions of pollen and propolis, and ultimately, make them more malleable and be able to begin construction. of the honeycomb.
For pure waxes to be produced by bees, several fundamental factors must be met:
• That there is a large population of young worker bees.
• That the temperature in the hive oscillates between 32 and 36º.
• That a large amount of pollen and honey accumulates in the hive (for every kg of wax, at least 12 kg of honey is required).
Already in the extraction facilities, a meticulous centrifuge procedure is carried out on the previously uncapped honeycomb (removal of the wax seals that cover the honey cells), and after a subsequent heating process and elimination of remains and impurities, it is finally obtains the highest quality wax from the hive, the “operculum” wax.
