“A short introduction to making candles with beeswax a few years back was an inspiration enough to dabble with my own candle dipping project on a hot August day.
Honey harvest of the season is in progress, with some coming in July, and the final collection in mid August after which point bees will be left to rest and get ready for winter.
Mid August in cold climate is the time when most blossoms will be finished and despite balmy weather, with few feeding options left for the bees to explore.
With each honey harvest there will be beeswax (that is if using topbar hives – more on them later), a substance important to the bees but often discarded by the busy beekeepers…”
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