How do you make candles from bee hives?

Question

I built a bird house out of cedar. No birds moved in, but all of a sudden, the thing was thick with bees. Then, just as suddenly, they all went away. I just pulled down the bird house, and it's filled with four slats of wax honey combs. Unfortunately, no honey was left behind, but I think it would be cool to do something lasting with the wax. I don't think they're going to come back to it ever again. Anyone know how to make candles, or anything else, out of the wax?

Answer 1

DO NOT use a sauce pan! Almost impossible to clean and too easy to over heat! Also your lack of birds could have been just luck. Birds build where they build despite formulas and such that try to pigeon hole them into one building area.

Put some ater in a pan. Put a metal can inside the pan and put the wax in the can. Heat the water in the can to about boiling and turn the heat down to simmer. The wax will melt. Use a thick cotton (It has to be an absorbant material and organic is best so cottong is the best and cheapest choice) as a wick.

Dipping Method (works best if you have a lot of wax)
A weight is tied to one end of the wick and the other tied to a stick or held on to by hand. The wax can be cooled until it is almost rady to harden. Dip the weighted end of wick into wax. If wax is cool enough it will stick to the wick and begin building up layers. This is how tall thin candles are made.

Casting metod.

Put wick in a container so that it hangs in the middle from top to bottom. A weight to bottm end helps. Pour in wax and let solidify.

BTW Adding parafin makes a better candle. What ratio depends on what you want. A 50% or less of beeswax makes a harder better burning candle. More beeswax will work but will make a softer candle which burns faster.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

First of all, birds are attracted to a bird house based on several parameters. Height off the ground, size of opening, whether there's a perch stick below the opening, size of the living space. You should research this next time you try to attract birds to a house.
To answer your question. Melt the wax in a sauce pan. Select a string you can use as a wick. When you dip the wick in the molten wax, a layer of wax is deposited on the wick. You now have a thin candle. Wait for it to cool and harden. When you dip it again it gets a little thicker. Repeat this process until the candle reaches the desired thickness. Good luck!

Answer 4

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