How to Melt Beeswax Safely

Learn how to melt beeswax safely and find out which types of wax are best-suited for making products like lip balms and candles. If you extract your honey, you’ll have both honey and wax when you’re done. The wax is what is removed when you cut off the cappings from the honey-filled cells before you put the frames in the extractor. These cappings are usually collected in an uncapping tub that lets much of the honey drain off, separating the cappings wax from the adhering honey.