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PICTURE: Our latest harvest of pure Australian beeswax poured into 10kg moulds and cooling down. It's not a great state of affairs when a product that may not even be beeswax, formulated in China, can arrive in Australia and be packaged and sold with an Australian flag on it and called 'Beeswax'. Sounds crazy right? But that's exactly what's happening. The latest Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) newsletter discusses the fact that Australian beekeepers have been asking the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to stop these imports of adulterated or contaminated beeswax into Australia, or at least to set...

There's nothing like the scent of warm beeswax and we've been surrounded by it today as we collected and lightly filtered the beeswax from our latest harvest of Manuka (also known in Australia as leptospermum and/or jellybush beeswax). This picture shows the Manuka beeswax as it slowly cools back to room temperature in 10kg molds. Manuka beeswax is not as yellow as other beeswax harvests and when it hardens has a colour that is more pale olive than bright yellow. We keep our Manuka wax separate from the other beeswax harvests as it's a limited and specialty natural product that...

The latest imported beeswax news from the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) is out, and it's not good. The statement below offers even more compelling reasons (besides the environmental and economic benefits of purchasing Australian) to ensure the beeswax you are purchasing is of Australian origin. Where ever possible, please buy direct from beekeepers like ourselves and other local beekeepers who you know and trust, so you can be sure your wax is actually beeswax and not contaminated. JUNE 2021 STATEMENT FROM THE AHBIC "Imported adulterated beeswax is threatening the integrity of Australian honey and beeswax products. Independent tests undertaken...

Be sure you're buying pure beeswax, not fake beeswax made from paraffin The Australian Honey Bee Industry Council’s (AHBIC) April 2021 newsletter offers a great reminder about the importance of knowing where your beeswax comes from. Whether you use beeswax for making your own balms and skin care, or for candles, polishes or beeswax wraps, it’s important to know you are actually working with a renewable, pure, Australian beeswax, not paraffin which is an imported petroleum product. At The Beekeeper, we know where our beeswax comes from because we’re out in the beautiful forests of NSW with the bees most...