About Beeswax - Tom's of Maine (2024)

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About Beeswax - Tom's of Maine? ›

Beeswax is an incredibly versatile ingredient found in a variety of our products. In our deodorant products, it is a skin conditioning agent that helps to reduce moisture loss. Beeswax also binds flavor to our dental floss, as well as makes the dental floss glide more easily.

“Mind your own beeswax” is something we may hear children shouting at each other in the playground and it means “it's none of your business” or “mind your own business”.

Beeswax was among the first plastics to be used, alongside other natural polymers such as gutta-percha, horn, tortoiseshell, and shellac. For thousands of years, beeswax has had a wide variety of applications; it has been found in the tombs of Egypt, in wrecked Viking ships, and in Roman ruins.

5$ is a good starting point, unless you're selling to one of the big wax resellers. Fresh uncleaned cappings sell for $3.00 a lb.

Beeswax is also commonly used to make nontoxic candles and beeswax wraps (a less wasteful alternative to single-use plastic wrap). However, because beeswax comes from bees, vegans will always consider it an animal byproduct and therefore, it cannot truly be considered cruelty-free or ethical.

Beeswax is only made by honeybees and so the supply can be limited. On top of that, it takes a huge amount of energy for a bee to produce beeswax. For every 7-8 pounds of the honey bees produce, they will secrete just 1 pound of wax and they will do a lot of flying just to produce that honey!

A: One story says that during the 1800s, women would use beeswax as a kind of foundation to cover up blemishes including smallpox scars. And if someone got too close and noticed it – they'd be told to mind their OWN beeswax by the wearer.

A few advantages to using beeswax include: Moisturizing Components: Beeswax locks in moisture and can help keep the skin firm and plump. The anti-allergenic and anti-inflammatory properties soothe easily irritated skin, making it one of the best skincare ingredients for healing rosacea or eczema.

The candle itself was given a mystical meaning: the beeswax symbolized the pure flesh Christ received from his Virgin Mother, the wick symbolized his soul, and the flame his divinity.

Used in aromatherapy, Beeswax is known for its long, slow, clean, smoke-less burn. It not only exudes the aroma of honey but it also produces comparatively brighter flames, facilitates the elimination of airborne pollutants, and promotes the overall health of body and mind.

Does beeswax expire? ›

As mentioned above beeswax never goes bad, but does get a powder called bloom on it. This usually happens when stored at cooler temperatures. A blow drier remove the bloom or just a soft rag to buff the bloom off.

That's because, yes, you can eat food grade beeswax! In fact, it's likely in more of the foods you eat than you think. Renowned chefs use beeswax in cooking because of its incredible sheen and subtle honey undertones. You'll find it being used as a glaze for turkeys, hams, pastries, and candies.

Beeswax rather than honey may be the most valuable product of beekeeping, although this value is not everywhere appreciated. Beekeepers using frame hives require large quantities of beeswax for making foundation.

Bees make beeswax to build their hive, which is their home. Bees must fly the equivalent of six times around the earth to gather enough pollen to create a single pound of beeswax. Beeswax is also a secondary food source for bees and is vital for the survival of the colony. Taking the bee's wax is considered cruel.

Beeswax is a chemically inert material. Wax incrustations intercept a lot of dust and dirt, becoming chemical hotspots. Fungi and bacteria develop on dirty wax and form peculiar communities. Some microorganisms in the indoor environment can use wax as a carbon source.

20th century

In the 1930s, a slang version rendered the saying as "Mind your own beeswax". It is meant to soften the force of the retort. Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together, though there are many other theories.

The term and phrase "On wax" is a phrase that is. used to refer to recording something down. A recording. or something recorded in a studio is done "On wax".

“Like bees to honey.” This is a phrase indicating that something is very attractive to a certain group. This comes from how bees are attracted to sweet-smelling things, like sugar water, which is sometimes used to attract bees.

Definitions of beeswax. a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs. types: Ghedda wax. wax from Indian and African bees.