Why are there different colours of beeswax?
The colour of the wax can depend on the flowers that the bees obtain their nectar from. The colour can also depend on the age of the wax harvested from the hive. Wax obtained from cappings tends to be very light. Wax can also be obtained by rendering honeycomb from the hivefor instance if a frame breaks during the extraction process. Older combs tend to be darker; brood combshoneycomb that has been used by the queen to lay eggs and hatch brood is much darker. It must be rendered several times. Often beeswax is blended to produce a uniform colour. We enjoy the natural differences in colour and like to produce candles that preserve their unique colours.
