What is lemon balm? How is bee wax made?

Beeswax, also known as yellow wax, beeswax, beeswax, is a fatty substance secreted by worker bees of appropriate age, and is a natural animal wax first discovered and utilized by humans. For bees, it is mainly used to build the nest spleen, ovary cap and feed room cap, etc., so beeswax is a necessary item for the survival and reproduction of bees, and it is also a bee product of the bee itself, so what is the use of beeswax?

How is beeswax collected and extracted?

The collection of beeswax is mostly done in spring and autumn. Beekeepers by strengthening the management of bee colony feeding, promote bees to secrete more wax, more spleen, and then use the old nest spleen, build the spleen, cut off the wax cover of the beehive, the base and the honey cover cut off when shaking the honey collection, after manual extraction, generally the honey is taken from the honeycomb, put it into the pot of water to heat and melt, remove the upper layer of cocoons, bee corpses, foam and other impurities, filter while hot, cool, beeswax is condensed into a block, float on the water surface, take out, that is, yellow wax. Yellow wax is then smelted, decolorized and other processing processes to become white wax.

Beeswax has a wide range of uses in industrial and agricultural production. In the cosmetics manufacturing industry, beeswax is contained in many beauty products, such as bath gel, lipstick, rouge, etc.; In the candle processing industry, various types of candles can be made with beeswax as the main raw material; In the pharmaceutical industry, beeswax can be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax, pill shells; In the food industry, it can be used as coatings, packaging and outerwear for food; In agriculture and animal husbandry, it can be used as a fruit tree wax and pest adhesive; In beekeeping, nest foundations and wax bowls can be manufactured; In addition, beeswax is also used in the production of floor wax, various glazing waxes, crayons, ironing waxes, etc., as well as in folk batik processes.

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Lemon balm is an ingredient that can be used to make a variety of preserves and sweets, and it is made as follows:

1.Prepare beeswax and honey: heat and dissolve the beeswax and honey in a ratio of 2:1, stir and bury evenly.

2.Add the strainer: Put the prepared strainer or gauze into a container and pour in the mixture of beeswax and honey.

3.Filtration: Wait for the mixture to cool naturally to a suitable temperature, remove the strainer or gauze, wash it with cool water, and filter out the solid beeswax and other impurities.

4.Reheating: Reheat the filtered liquid to about 80 degrees Celsius and stir continuously.

5.Sieve to remove foam: Pour the heated liquid into another clean container and skim with a spoon after waiting for the foam on the surface to float.

6.Pour into the mold: Pour the processed liquid into the pre-prepared mold, and then take it out for use after solidification.

It should be noted that when making bee wax, clean containers and wang bark tools should be used, and moisture should be avoided so as not to affect the quality and shelf life of bee wax.

1. Before boiling beeswax, you should prepare tools and raw materials, and the most important raw materials are old honeycombs or honeycomb fragments. The tool has a pot and some suitable molds. and a piece of fine gauze.

2. Put the prepared crushed beehive in a pot and add a small amount of water, then start heating, and slowly cook it over low heat for a while after boiling, so that all the wax in the hive melts into the water.

3. After boiling, prepare a basin in the early stage, filter the boiled liquid with fine gauze, remove the honeycomb fragments inside, and then wait for the beeswax and water in the basin to cool down naturally.

4. Take out the separated beeswax, put it in the pot for the second time and then boil it, and after the beeswax is all melted, pour it directly into the mold you have prepared, and then you can take it out of the mold after the beeswax is cooled and set, and the beeswax block made by yourself will appear, which is particularly convenient no matter how you use it.

5. When boiling beeswax, adding a little less water will not affect the purity of beeswax, on the contrary, it is easier to remove the water-soluble impurities in the beeswax, so that the purity of the beeswax made by yourself is higher.

Heat the pan over high heat.

Pour 200g of water into the pot.

Add this dry skin heat for 3 minutes.

Place 500g of the honeycomb in the pot.

Keep in a small heat.

The heat of the water is used to start boiling the hive.

Stay up until you can't see the hive.

Pour the filtered beeswax into a basin.

Scoop away surface residue.

Wait for the beeswax to solidify and cool down.

The surface of natural beeswax is corrugated, and after the solidification is completed, the beeswax can be defeated.

1. Beeswax is a kind of wax secreted by bees when they build their nests, and it is beeswax that floats on the surface of the water when the hive is dissolved in water. In addition, the beeswax boiling method steps, take out the appropriate amount of honeycomb. Find a pot, then add the right amount of water, add the right amount of honeycomb to it, and bring it to a boil over high heat.

Find a strainer and filter the water in the pot.

2. Beeswax is in a solid state at room temperature, with the special fragrance of honey and powder. The color varies from light yellow, medium yellow to dark brown and white. The cross-section is crystalline with tiny particles.

Chew sticky teeth, white after chewing, no grease smell. Specific gravity, melting point is 62-67. Some studies have found that beeswax can be soluble in organic solvents such as benzene, toluene, chloroform, slightly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in water, but under certain conditions, beeswax can form an emulsion with water.

Beeswax is a yellow solid wax secreted by four pairs of wax glands in the abdomen of bees (worker bees), and in the colony, worker bees use the wax secreted by themselves to build the nest spleen, ovary cap and feed room cap. Natural beeswax is an organic compound, which is composed of fatty acids and fatty alcohols and other substances, in addition to this kind of beeswax also has a variety of vitamins and aromatic substances, is an important raw material for making cosmetics.

Beeswax is in a solid state at room temperature and has a special fragrance of honey and powder. The color varies from light yellow, medium yellow to dark brown and white. The cross-section is crystalline with tiny particles. Chew sticky teeth, white after chewing, no grease smell.

The main chemical components of beeswax (beeswax) can be divided into 4 categories, namely esters, free acids, free alcohols and hydrocarbons. In addition, it also contains trace amounts of volatile oils and pigments. The composition of yellow and white beeswax is basically the same. Beeswax is also said to contain an aromatic colored substance called paraffin.

In ancient times, human beings in the Changbai Mountains initially used beeswax as a product in the production activities of collecting honey, and later gradually recognized beeswax and created a method for separating beeswax, dividing it into honey and beeswax. Because the separated beeswax is mostly yellow, it is also called "yellow wax". The history of beeswax is as old as honey, dating back to the ancient times when honey was harvested.

Beeswax is the wax secreted by the Chinese honey bee or Italian bee, an insect of the bee family.

Beeswax, also known as yellow wax, beeswax. Beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by 4 pairs of wax glands in the abdomen of working-age workers in a colony. In a colony, worker bees use their own wax and wheels to build nest spleens, ovary caps, and feed room caps.

The spleen is a place for bees to store food, nurture bees and roost in clumps, so beeswax is both a product of the colony and an essential material for its survival and reproduction.

Beeswax is a substance secreted by four pairs of wax glands under the abdomen of the bee. Its main components are: acids, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols and carbohydrates.

In addition, there are carotenoids, vitamin A, aromatic substances, etc. Beeswax has a wide range of uses in industrial and agricultural production.

The role of beeswax

In the cosmetics manufacturing industry, beeswax is contained in many beauty products, such as bath gel, lipstick, rouge, etc.; In the candle processing industry, various types of candles can be made with beeswax as the main raw material; In the pharmaceutical industry, beeswax can be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax, pill shells;

In the food industry, it can be used as coatings, packaging and outerwear for food; In agriculture and animal husbandry, it can be used as a fruit tree wax and pest adhesive; In beekeeping, nest foundations and wax bowls can be manufactured;

Beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by the wax glands in the abdomen of worker bees in a colony.

In a colony, worker bees use the wax they secrete to build the nest spleen, ovary cap and feed room cap. Beeswax is in a solid state at room temperature and has a special fragrance of honey and powder. The color varies from light yellow, medium yellow to dark brown and white.

The cross-section is crystalline with tiny particles. Chew sticky teeth, white after chewing, no grease smell.

In a colony, only worker bees have 4 pairs of wax glands, while queen bees and drones have no wax glands. The wax glands are specialized from epithelial cells of the body wall and are located on the ventral plate of the last 4 segments of the abdomen of the worker bee, with a transparent chitinolens membrane on the outside. When the wax gland secretes wax, the liquid wax secreted by the wax gland seeps out to the mirror membrane through the cell pores, and after contact with air, it condenses into white transparent wax scales.

Worker bees poke wax scales with their hind feet, transfer them to their upper jaw through their forefeet, and chew the secretion mixed with the upper jaw glands to become plastic beeswax under the condition of nest temperature, which is used to build nests.

Beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by wax glands in the abdomen of about two-week-old worker bees in a colony.

Beeswax is the wax secreted by four pairs of wax glands in the abdomen of bees (worker bees). Bees secrete liquid wax from wax glands, and the wax scales are white, opaque, and irregular in shape. 1kg of beeswax contains about 4 million wax scales.

Bees need 50 wax scales to build a worker hive, while 120 wax scales are needed to build a drone hive. Powerful bee colonies can secrete 2kg or more of wax scales to build nests in a single spring or summer.

Storage of beeswax

Beeswax has no special requirements for storage conditions, but due to the influence of the physical properties of beeswax, there are many things that must be paid attention to during storage to avoid losses.

Beeswax is a fatty substance, which is solid at room temperature, so beeswax can be stored at room temperature to achieve the purpose of long-term permanent storage. Generally, it should be placed in a dry, ventilated and cool place, not in a place where the sun shines directly, and it is strictly forbidden to be exposed to the sun.

Long-term exposure to the sun will not only reduce the color of the beeswax, but also cause the beeswax to slowly melt and decompose until it completely decomposes and volatilizes. Beeswax is a flammable substance, and it must be stored away from fire sources and power sources to prevent fire.