Follow this simple method for how to render beeswax that will take you from sticky mess to wonderfully fragrant disks of clean beeswax. As the beekeeping season comes to a close and my hives need less ...

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 chew ...

There are a variety of ways to use beeswax, including in candles and cosmetics. Learn how to melt beeswax safely and find out which types of wax are best-suited for making products like lip balms and ...

We first learned about Masterson’s Honey Harvest Festival while hosting the Save the Bees event at The Terrace this past summer (see here). One of the event speakers was Erin Masterson Holko of ...