bees wax

DIY Lip Balm – 2 Recipes!

3 Comments / bees wax, craft, recipe / By Heather Jackson

I don’t know about you, but winter is dry lip time for me. Chapped lips are pretty darn miserable in my book, so I have been working on making my own lip balm for some time. Since we began keeping bees here on the farm, I’ve been wanting to find projects for the extra wax …

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Solar Wax Melter

2 Comments / beekeeping, bees, bees wax, honeybees, solar wax melter / By Heather Jackson

Whether you harvest honey with the crush & strain method like we do or not, it is highly likely that, as a beekeeper, you will need to purify wax at some point. This simple contraption works well without breaking the bank! Line an inexpensive cooler with aluminum foil. It doesn’t need to be perfect, we’re …

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