Uses of Beeswax
Beeswax is the wax produced by honey bees in their hive. The wax is used to build honeycomb cells that provide storage areas for honey and pollen as well as a place to raise their young. Worker bees produce the wax from 8 glands located on their abdomen. Beeswax is initially colorless, but takes on a yellow appearance due to the oil from the pollen and propolis. The beeswax is collected by beekeepers and refined for further use.
Uses of beeswax
- Beekeepers use a lot of the beeswax to create new beehives for their bees, but there are many other uses for this product.
- Beeswax is used as a glazing agent in some foods. It is represented by the number E901 in a list of ingredients. This provides a shiny appearance or protective coating to the food.
- Beeswax is used in some cosmetics as an effective barrier cream. It is also used in mustache wax and pomade (used for styling hair).
- it is also used in bone wax, which is the product used to stop the bones bleeding during surgery.
- Beeswax can also be used to create candles, which are popular because they provide a clean burn with very little wax drip.
- It is also a very good polish and is used in many natural shoe and furniture polishes.
- Beeswax is mixed with various other ingredients to form an adhesive used to attach knife handles to the blade. A similar mixture is used to attach the internal parts of a squeezebox.
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