There's nothing quite like a real beeswax candles

Mary O’Riordan takes time out from honey to discuss that other great creation, beeswax, a commodity which has been traded for millenia.

AS THE Work in the apiaries grinds to a halt for a couple of months, our attention is drawn to the most valuable and versatile by-products of the bee hive, beeswax.

And ironically, beeswax is usually worth far more than the honey — which is the main objective of beekeeping.