Making Products From Beeswax

Ten creams, polishes and other useful products you can make yourself at home using pure beeswax

What you'll learn

The wonderful properties of natural beeswax and why you should make beautiful beeswax products

Essential equipment, dress & location needed to make beeswax products

How to source, render and filter beeswax

How to make 10 simple beeswax product recipes to get you started

Requirements

No experience required - just an interest in using beautiful beeswax

Simple equipment is required - you will be shown on the course

Description

Beeswax is a wonderful wax produced by honey bees and is one of the most interesting products produced by nature.  You will love the colour and the beautiful natural scent of beeswax.  Although it may resemble other waxes, beeswax is entirely different in its chemistry and molecular characteristics.  Beeswax is also very stable and subject to deterioration by very few solvents.   Beeswax has great value as an ingredient to make value added products.  Beeswax is produced by worker bees after consuming nectar from flowers - the same source as honey.  Beeswax is therefore a further elaboration of honey itself!  In this way beeswax is directly linked to the natural environment.  You will be contributing to the natural environment by using this wax because you will be supporting beekeeping.  Bees and beekeeping are important to us humans as bees pollinate one third of the food that we eat!In this course you will learn how to render pure beeswax from combs.  You will also learn how to make 10 value added products from beeswax.  These products can be for home use of for sale.  You don't need to be a beekeeper to take this course - anyone with an interest in using beeswax can take the course.  In section 1 we will tell you where you can source pure beeswax.  Who knows you may come to love beeswax so much that you might even want to become a beekeeper and produce your own wax (if you are not a beekeeper already!). 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to the course

Lecture 2 Introduce yourself to other course participants

Lecture 3 Beeswax history and uses today

Lecture 4 Properties of beeswax

Lecture 5 Where to source pure beeswax

Lecture 6 Summary section 1

Section 2: Prepare to work with beeswax

Lecture 7 Introduction to section 2

Lecture 8 Safety precautions when working with beeswax

Lecture 9 Prepare to work with wax - dress and location

Lecture 10 Equipment and materials needed

Lecture 11 Rendering honeycombs to make beeswax

Lecture 12 Filtering beeswax to be ready for beeswax product making

Lecture 13 Cleaning up after beeswax product making

Lecture 14 Summary section 2

Section 3: Beeswax cosmetic recipes

Lecture 15 Introduction to section 3

Lecture 16 Natural beeswax petroleum jelly

Lecture 17 Beeswax Lip Balm

Lecture 18 Beeswax Lotion

Lecture 19 Beeswax Foot Balm

Lecture 20 Beeswax Massage Bar

Lecture 21 Summary section 3

Section 4: Beeswax household products

Lecture 22 Introduction to section 4

Lecture 23 Beeswax cutting board and wooden spoon conditioner

Lecture 24 Beeswax leather shoe polish

Lecture 25 Solid beeswax furniture polish

Lecture 26 Beeswax Pine Cone Fire Lighters

Lecture 27 Beeswax Leather Conditioner

Lecture 28 Summary section 4

Section 5: Conclusion

Lecture 29 Introduction to section 5

Lecture 30 First steps to a side hustle making and selling beeswax products

Lecture 31 Further resources

Lecture 32 Congratulations

Lecture 33 Bonuses

Anyone interested in making their own beeswax products for pleasure or profit,Those who want to save money by making their own polishes, creams and cosmetics,Those who want to use only natural products and ingredients,Beekeepers who want to expand their knowledge on the use of bee products