Recommended reading – Beeswax Alchemy (2015)

Beeswax Alchemy:

How to Make Your Own Soap, Candles, Balms, Creams, and Salves from the Hive

By Petra Ahnert.

 
Paperback.
 
ISBN-10: 1592539793
ISBN-13: 978-1592539796
 
Description:
 

“This is the book I’ve been waiting thirty years for. Excellent instructions. Bountiful information. Beautifully done.” – Kim Flottum, beekeeper; author of The Backyard Beekeeper, Better Beekeeping, and The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook; and editor of Bee Culture magazine.

 

Create natural beeswax products for health and home.
 

Beeswax is truly the miracle of the beehive. Although honeybees use it to build their hives and protect their young, you can use it to make everything from candles to lip balm to decorative fabric.

 

Regardless of whether you are a veteran beekeeper or someone who just likes the way beeswax looks and smells, you’ll learn from apiarist and entrepreneur Petra Ahnert, who will teach you how to transform this miraculous material into the beautiful, useful, and unexpected.

 

Inside you’ll find:

• An introduction to beeswax’s form and functions.
• Tips and techniques for transforming beeswax into useful products for home and health.
• Detailed recipes to get you started crafting your own soaps, balms, salves, and more.