Beeswax

Beeswax is a natural wax produced by honeybees and has been used in candle making for centuries. It has a higher melt point than soy or most paraffin blends, a naturally warm color, and a mild honey scent even before any fragrance oil is added.

Beeswax's hardness and higher melt point make it well suited to freestanding shapes like pillars and tapers that need to hold their form at room temperature, rather than only container candles. Because beeswax already carries its own scent, some makers use little or no added fragrance, and fragrance load calculations that work for soy wax do not automatically transfer to beeswax.

Filtered or refined beeswax gives a cleaner, more consistent color than raw beeswax, which can vary between batches depending on the hive and processing. A common mistake is applying a container candle's wick size directly to a beeswax pillar or taper. Beeswax generally needs its own wick testing, since it burns differently from the softer waxes most wick guides are written around.