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In order to raise their body temperature, the youngest bees cluster in large numbers. Wax producing glands under their abdomen slowly secrete slivers of wax about the size of a pinhead. Other worker bees then ‘harvest’ these wax scales and take them to the part of the hive requiring the new wax. To produce 1lb of wax, Bees use about 6lb of honey.
