As a girl, one of my favorite things to do with Grandpa was tie a rock to a string, then dip it over and over into a Folger's coffee can containing melted beeswax to make taper candles. They ...

How bees make wax is a delicate thing. Bees have glands that convert sugar in honey into wax, which oozes through the bees small pores to produce tiny flakes of wax on their abdomen. Worker bees ...

"Bees do make wax, ... The other bee inside that hive is a female and it's a worker. She will spend about 21 to thirty days working until she wears out and dies, ...

When worker bees drink nectar, ... Then they secrete out wax to seal the the honey in the comb. Although it's hard work, in a bee's entire life, she might make one-twelfth of a teaspoon of.

She tried to make candles out of soy or palm wax, but it was beeswax that tugged at her heartstrings. “For me, making beeswax candles encompasses a wonderful spiritual moment of how this material is ...

Nick Stromme, middle, of Stromme Honey demonstrates how to make beeswax candles to the Northwood Meadowlarks 4-H Club on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Northwood Community Center.

To celebrate World Bee Day May 20, the Shelby Township Library invited local beekeeper David Putt to talk about the popular pollinators to a group of young bee enthusiasts.