Honey and Beeswax Harvesting and Value-Added Products

Harvesting Beeswax Products

Thriving Hives: Propolis - Harvest and Usage

Propolis, a sticky substance produced by honeybees, has medicinal properties and can be harvested from hives using scraping methods or propolis traps. Once collected, it is cleaned, processed, and used in various products like tinctures, oils, ointments, ...

Processing and Using Beeswax: Candles and Cosmetics

Beeswax is a substance produced by bees for constructing honeycomb in a hive. From any given hive, a beekeeper can usually harvest about 1-2 pounds of wax for every 100 pounds of honey harvested. This fact sheet will teach you how to process the wax that ...


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