People have highly valued beeswax candles for centuries. When all lighting at night was by candles, the most affordable material was tallow. Tallow burned with a heavy soot and had an unpleasant odor. In contrast candles made beeswax were clean and fragrant. We have a lot more choices today yet beeswax remains the preferred natural [...]
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Making Beeswax Candles — A Quick and Easy Method
September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Hand Crafted
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