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How do you know if it's pure beeswax, paraffin or beeswax mixed with paraffin?

How do you know if it's pure beeswax, paraffin or beeswax mixed with paraffin?

Imagine the difference in burning a pure beeswax candle vs a toxic paraffin one? We know which one we'd prefer to be in a room with. Or imagine the difference in using pure beeswax as the basis for your lip balm, compared to putting a chemical cocktail on your lips? Yikes!  Even as beekeepers we are shocked sometimes at what importers and retailers try to get away with when it comes to selling purportedly Australian beeswax and honey, especially as they suck in innocent consumers along the way. First there were the well publicised honey recalls and fines back in...

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