Why buy Aspermühle beeswax pastilles:
- 100% pure beeswax pastilles
- Finest beekeeper quality
- Without additives
- Pleasant strong smell
Beeswax is the glandular secretion of bees and is used to build their honeycombs.
Our golden yellow beeswax pastilles are 100% pure, additive-free and of the finest beekeeping quality.
The pastille shape makes it ideal for making candles and ointments, for example, as it melts evenly and is therefore quick and easy to use.
In our store you can also get Beeswax pastilles in organic quality for the production of beeswax wraps.
Of course, you can also find ready-made Beeswax wrapsps in our store.
General and historical facts about beeswax:
Humans have been using beeswax for various purposes for thousands of years. For the production of candles and ointments, or as a food additive. But beeswax was also used to seal vessels or for casting bells. Even writing tablets made of wax were used in various ancient cultures. This only ceased after the invention of printing, as a result of which paper production continued to expand and eventually became mass production.
Beeswax has always been a rare and expensive raw material, which in the Middle Ages, for example, was mainly available to the nobility and the church for the production of candles. Poorer people generally only had access to tallow candles or lamps. As uncleaned fat was often used for this, it was also associated with a correspondingly unpleasant smell. This fact alone is a qualitative difference to the finely scented beeswax.
Bee products and wax candles
Beeswax was therefore also in great demand as a commodity and was shipped and sold throughout Europe by the merchants of the Hanseatic League. As beekeeping was less widespread in Central and Western Europe, beeswax was mainly purchased in Russia.
Beeswax was so sought-after that traders often had to be extremely careful when buying it to avoid being cheated. As the beeswax was usually transported in barrels, it was not uncommon for some of the barrels to contain cheap tallow or simply lumps of clay halfway up.
Nowadays, fortunately, beeswax is no longer quite so rare, but there are also many cheap alternatives. Therefore, it generally remains a product for connoisseurs and gourmets who appreciate this valuable raw material and enjoy using it.
Whether for beeswax cloths, candles, ointments, polishes or natural wood treatment products, pure beeswax is and remains a unique and natural raw material, which is obtained by beekeepers using traditional craftsmanship.
In our Do-It-Yourself section you will find many practical recipes with our beeswax pastilles.
For example:
made with beeswax pastilles
Nourishing soap with Honey (Bio), camomile and yarrow
Egg candles, self-poured with our beeswax pastilles
Wound & healing ointment with plantain, chickweed and yarrow
Homemade paw care balm - with natural ingredients - beeswax & honey
Find out more about bees, their activities, beeswax and other bee products in our blog article:
'About bee professions and bee products'
What the color says about beeswax:
Beeswax is produced by the so-called builder bee (see bee guide). It secretes it from its blood with the help of small glands. Once secreted from the glands, the beeswax is in tiny platelets and is completely white, almost transparent.
Once in the hive, the color of the beeswax changes constantly. First from white, due to the input of pollen and propolis, to a yellow hue and over time it becomes darker and darker until it is finally almost black. You can therefore deduce the age of the beeswax from its color.
However, this only works with beeswax that is still in the hive. Once the beeswax has been removed from the hive, it is melted down by the beekeeper, filtered, cleaned and then processed into pastilles or blocks and then also retains the beautiful yellow color that we know from pure beeswax. The only color change that the beeswax now undergoes is the formation of a wafer-thin white oxidation layer. However, this can be easily wiped away and shows that it is genuine and pure beeswax, without additives such as kerosene.
Das Wachs lässt sich...
Das Wachs lässt sich spitze verarbeiten und hat kaum einen Geruch.
Viele andere getestete Wachse haben mit den milden Geruch meiner Kräuter überdeckt.
Dieses ist ganz mild und trotzdem merkt man, dass es rein ist.