To add to our home-made beeswax balm, Katie and I made rolled beeswax candles today!

We used sheets of beeswax “foundation”, which we have plenty of because these sheets are put into our beehive to give the bees a starting point for building their honeycomb.  All you have to do is warm up the sheets, then roll them over a wick, and voila! candles.

Here is Katie beginning to roll a candle:

The steam from the oven below misted the camera lens on this shot:

Katie moving at high speeds:

The candle grows:

Then we melt the bottom to smooth it out and flatten it:

Two finished products:

We couldn’t resist burning one of them:

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