0 the substance containing a lot of fat that bees produce, used for making candles and polish for wood
Candles for lighting purposes were made of animal fats combined with beeswax.
Early in the present century the method generally adopted for polishing furniture was by rubbing with beeswax and turpentine or with linseed-oil.
First a beeswax model is made the exact size and shape of the finished metal pipe.
If oil-cloth be occasionally rubbed with a mixture of beeswax and turpentine, it will last longer.
Scrub with soap and water, rinse, dry, rub with beeswax, and wipe off with a clean cloth.
The opening in the carapace was then filled with gauze to stop the bleeding and covered with beeswax.
Historically, the basic medium for wax modelling was beeswax.
Beeswax and cotton cloth remained the most important products for export.
