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:
