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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...

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...

We always love to hear how people use our beeswax. Some use it for beeswax wraps, others for face and moisturising balms, others for candles and furniture polish, but this is the first time we know of that we’ve had a request for beeswax for copper art! Anyone from the 1960’s might remember the popularity of copper art, and like many retro things it’s making a niche comeback. The art of repousse or embossing copper is all but a lost art form, but people like Tom Hughes from Celtic Copper Craft are bringing it back. Tom describes his art as...