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ChristianPoulsen
01-16-2009, 02:43 PM
Hi my first year as a beekeeper, been exciting.
Today I made my first candle from the beeswas.
It burned with a smaller flame then those non beeswas you buy in stores, but after 5hours it died.
There were still lots of wax left, so I lighted again and it burned perfect, like one from stores, for 30 sec, then the flame got really small and it died again.

So now I wonder schould i mix something into the wax?

How do you make your beeswax candles?
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Nicole
01-16-2009, 07:10 PM
It sounds like maybe your wick isn't large enough.

beekeeper_sd
01-16-2009, 07:44 PM
I also don't think your wick was big enough. My beeswax candles have a very high flame. What kind of candle did you make (i.e. pillar, votive, container)?

ChristianPoulsen
01-17-2009, 03:48 AM
Thanks for the advice.
I will try with larger whicks