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
Beeswax wipes
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'
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