| Wax Candles These days candles are made from paraffin wax. 400 years ago they were made from bees wax. Bees make wax to keep their honey in. They form lots of joined hexagonal shapes in the wax called honey combs.
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The honey was removed from the comb. The
wax could be flattened and wound around a wick to make a candle. Or it could be melted and
poured into a candle shaped mould. The wicks hung down from a board in the centre so they
would be inside the candle whenthe wax went hard. Beeswax candles were expensive. Even very rich people did not use them everyday |
