Canadian Beeswax White Spruce Tree Candle

PURE AND SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL BEESWAX TAPER CANDLES.

100% pure Canadian beeswax candles burn 3x longer than paraffin candles and contain no artificial additives, fragrances, or paraffin. As it burns, pure beeswax purifies the air from mould, dust, and allergens. Beeswax candles have a naturally sweet, honey-like smell but are fragrance-free. Please burn responsibly and never leave candles unattended.

Burn Time: 8.5 hours

Cut the wick to a ¼ inch for best burning. 
Handmade using products from the hive in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Did you know?

Worker bees have eight wax-producing mirror glands on the inner sides of their abdominal segments from which wax is secreted when foraging is active. Bees must eat 8 lbs of honey to yield 1 lb of wax. The hive worker collects the wax flakes, chews them with her mandibles, and shapes them to make honeycomb cells in which the young are raised, and honey and pollen are capped for storage.

Beeswax is both sustainable and protects biodiversity. Candles vary in colour and texture because the beeswax is rendered, not refined leaving these things up to the natural foraging habits of the bees.

The colour of the wax changes season to season, depending on what flowers the bees gather pollen and nectar from - to feed the hive.  As the bees move from flower to flower they pollinate our planet.

INGREDIENTS

This product is composed of beeswax and a cotton paper core wick. 

ABOUT BEESWAX

Beeswax is a remarkable natural substance that science still does not fully understand. It is a by-product of honey, which originates in flowers and is made by the youngest honey bees in the colony. These young bees haven't yet become foragers for the plant nectar that ultimately becomes honey. To produce wax, the bees gorge themselves on honey, linking themselves together by the hundreds, and after several hours, the wax begins to flow from pockets on their abdomens. Each bee then scrapes off the wax with their legs and chews it into soft pellets. She then uses them to fashion exquisitely engineered honey-comb cells, with walls of wax that average only 1/100th of an inch thick. This is one of the most efficient storage structures ever developed by any species, including man.

PACKAGING

This product comes 100% package-free!

ALTERNATIVE FOR

This product is an alternative for candles made of synthetic materials, fragrances, and chemicals.

END OF LIFE

This product should be used until finished but is otherwise 100% compostable!

BRAND

Priscilla started her beekeeping journey as a hobby with her children. When they spread their wings and left home, she morphed into a “Queen Bee”, and Made By Bees took flight.

Ultimately Priscilla's curiosity expanded beyond understanding how bee colonies flourish and included learning the critical role they play in global food security. Honeybees pollinate many delicious crops such as fruits and nuts. If bees disappeared, the human diet would be much less diverse and of course, we would miss honey! Collectively bees fly 55,000 miles to make one pound of honey - that's twice around the world! 

Made By Bees which started as a small collaboration with community partners, has blossomed into the lively organization we know today. Located on a pesticide-free property just outside of Brockville, Ontario, it generates sustainable solutions to everyday living and cultivates a bee-friendly haven. 

Taking steps together to save our bees, the planet, and your food.