Food Grade Beeswax for Caneles

[KitchenQueen]

I finally found someone local who sold me beautiful beeswax from her hives.  

 

I have tried in vain for years to find to find an apiary with hives  that have never been sprayed with miticide or anything else.

 

I'm on cloud nine.    I bought a 1 lb.block and it's gorgeous. She filtered it twice for me as I would be using it in food.

 

May I ask what people have paid per pound on average for this kind of wax?

 

 

Edited October 18, 2019 by Smithy
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[Kerry Beal]

I must confess that mine has always been free - given to me by friends with bees.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I was chatting with a beekeeper this afternoon.  Had I seen the question I would have asked.

 

[FrogPrincesse]

I bought a block of beeswax not long ago to use in a cocktail recipe. I paid $14 for a pound.

[donk79]

Beeswax is pricey, for bees as well as us.  Supposedly, beeswax takes twice the energy to make per weight that honey does.  And, as usual, finding something that is high quality and pesticide free is a premium as well.  I would say that $14/lb is a good price.  Anything cheaper, I would consider suspect, unless I knew the producer well.  Honestly, though, I consider any bee product suspect, unless I know the producer.