How to Clean Beeswax

Have you ever wondered about the steps it takes to get clean, candle-using beeswax? 

Step 1: own a hive, take care of it, pesticide free.

Step 2: harvest honey (photo not shown). 

Step 3: After a honey harvest, you will have the left over crushed up comb as shown below. Place it on a self-made filter consisting of window screen and paper towels, which is placed above a pan filled with water, and all is placed inside a solar wax melter.

*The sun will melt the wax, and it will drip into the water below and harden once the sun goes down.

Step 4: remove the towel with the filtered out excess impurities (i.e. left over bits of honey, pollen, dirt).

Step 5: reveal the beautiful beeswax that can now be repurposed for candles.