These natural beeswax sticks are made by hand in a tiny village in Cambridge, in an equally tiny workshop. Since these beeswax sticks are handmade and completely natural, they may vary in colour. The colour of beeswax depends on its natural ingredients and the type of flowers gathered by the bees. Beeswax gets its yellow and brown tones from pollen oils in flowers, and propolis, in tree buds and sap flows.
Natural beeswax sticks have an astounding range of uses:
Lace making
Batik print making
Filling scratches, cracks and holes in furniture restoration
Wood turning
Waxing woodworker's saws and tools
Stabalising old oil paintings
Machine knitting
Waxing yarns and threads
Waxing fishermen's line
Water proofing archer's bow strings
Easing the runners of stiff drawers
Easing stiff zip fasteners - also see Zip slip
Tuning pan pipes
Forming the mouth piece of didgeridoos
Making furniture polish