100% Pure Beeswax Candle
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Bees figured out candles before we did.
Honeybees secrete beeswax to build their comb. Pound for pound, they consume about seven pounds of honey to produce one pound of wax. That's an astonishing conversion rate, and humans figured out thousands of years ago that this stuff burns beautifully. Egyptian tombs. Medieval cathedrals. Every significant moment in human history, lit by beeswax.
The light is different. Warmer. More golden. Closer to firelight and sunlight than the cooler tones of modern waxes. And the scent is just honey, faint and real, varying slightly depending on what flowers the bees visited that season. No two batches smell exactly the same because no two hives are exactly the same. That's not a flaw. That's the whole point.
"Beeswax is humbling to work with. The bees already did the hard part. We just melt it down and pour it into jars. There's something grounding about selling a candle where the ingredient list is just... beeswax. One word. From Oregon bees, doing what bees have done for millions of years."
Why You'll Love The 100% Pure Beeswax Candle
- Ancient Material, Modern Jar: Beeswax is the oldest candle material known to humankind. We hand-pour ours into a 4 oz glass jar with an unbleached cotton wick. Timeless fuel, contemporary vessel.
- That Golden Light: Beeswax burns with a warm, bright flame. The light spectrum leans toward amber and gold rather than cool white. It's the quality of light people crossed continents to pray by.
- Natural Honey Scent: No fragrance added. The subtle honey aroma comes from the wax itself, and it shifts slightly from batch to batch based on what the bees were foraging. Wildflowers one season, clover the next.
- Burns Long: High melting point means slow, even burning. Expect around 20 hours from this jar, which is remarkable for 4 ounces.
- Oregon Bees: Our beeswax comes from local Oregon beekeepers. Short supply chain. Real relationships. Pacific Northwest hives.
How to Use It
Let the first burn go until the wax pools edge to edge. Takes 2-3 hours, but it prevents tunneling for the life of the candle. Trim the wick to 1/4" before each light. When you're done, dip the wick into the melted wax and straighten it back up. Extinguishes clean, relights easy, no smoke plume.
Key Ingredients
- 100% Pure Oregon Beeswax
- Secreted by honeybees to build honeycomb. The golden color and honey scent are inherent to the material, not added. Ours comes unbleached and unprocessed from Oregon apiaries.
- Unbleached Cotton Wick
- Lead-free, untreated cotton. Burns consistent and clean.
Goes Well With
There's a theme here, and it's honey. Light this candle, then build the evening around it. The Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Soap Bar in a hot shower. The Oatmeal, Milk & Manuka Honey Bath Soak while the beeswax flickers on the tub's edge. The Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Body Lotion before bed. Golden light, golden ingredients, the whole evening connected by what bees make possible.
Candlelight the way it was for millennia. Hand-poured in Medford from Oregon beeswax.
