Early Uses of Beeswax

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Tip 1 - Bees Wax: History and Origin

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by T Sdiesel | permalink

We have often been asked where wax comes from. Well there are many types of waxes. Bees wax has been around for a while. There are many mentions of beeswax in historic writing such as the myth where Icarus son of Daedalus put on wings of wax and as he flew too close to the sun, it melted and Icarus...
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For further reading: http://pioneerthinking.com/crafts/bees-wax-history-and-origin ^[1]

Tip 2 - 10 Uses for Beeswax

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Silvia Carlesso | permalink

No longer just for candles—put this natural material to work around the house
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For further reading: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/0,,1206547,00.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Use and abuse of beeswax in the early modern age. Two apologues and a taste

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Brad Awerbuch | permalink

By Guido Guerzoni in Religion and Economic History. A cultural, intellectual and material history of beeswax in Italy in Early modern Age.vi

For further reading: http://www.academia.edu/2923053/Use_and_abuse_of_beeswax_in_the_early_modern_age._Two_apologues_and_a_taste ^[3]

Tip 4 - Bees-and-Beekeeping: Beeswax is Among Nature's Most Precious Gifts

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by hvac 5777 | permalink

Though often overshadowed by honey, beeswax is very important in its own right. In fact, it could be argued that historically, beeswax has even been more important than honey.
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For further reading: http://www.bees-and-beekeeping.com/beeswax.html ^[4]