Beeswax (also known as cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive. The hive workers collect and use it to form cells for honey storage and larval and pupal protection within the beehive.

蜂蜡 （英語： Beeswax），也叫 蜜蠟 、 黃蠟，是 蜜蜂 工蜂 分泌的 蜡。 蜜蜂用蜂蜡在 蜂巢 裡建分隔的房间，用来育幼或储存 花粉。 工蜂拥有四對 蜡腺，位于腹部第4至7节。 蜂蜡即蜡腺的分泌物。 刚羽化成的最年輕的工蜂，其主要職責是照管和飼養幼蟲。 當看管幼虫的工作要告一段落时，年輕的工蜂要離巢作短距離的飛翔，十天以后，蜡腺开始分泌蜂蜡。 工蜂分泌蜂蜡的理想環境温度為33至36摄氏度。 一只工蜂要食用八份 蜂蜜 来分泌一份蜂蜡。 新鲜蜂蜡透明无色（见 …

2022年9月11日 · Beeswax is the foundation of the beehive. Honeybees build their comb from beeswax and fill the geometric shape of the hexagonal cells with honey and brood. Worker bees then secrete wax from eight special wax glands on the underside of their abdomens. The wax is exuded as a liquid but quickly cools and solidifies.

Beeswax is a product of the hive that’s as valuable as the honey the bees produce. You can purchase prepared wax if you’re not a beekeeper, but want to craft with wax. Learn how to capture, filter, and use beeswax in our Beekeeping Guide .

2019年2月6日 · Beeswax is a secretion produced by worker bees in the family Apidae, but we most often associate it with honey bees (Apis mellifera). It's composition is quite complex. Beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids (fatty acids combined with alcohol), but over 200 other minor components have been identified in beeswax.

2024年1月6日 · Beeswax is a natural product made by honeybees. It’s crucial to the honeybee colony, being used to make comb in which they raise baby bees and store food to eat during the harsh winter months. But how do they make it? The process is fascinating. You see, honeybees collect nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey and feed their hive.

2023年5月14日 · Beeswax is a natural wax that worker bees secrete from glands under their abdomen. The substance is produced as waxy scales that form thin sheets. It can be chewed up by the worker bee and molded into any shape they choose. Bees produce beeswax mainly to create honeycomb cells for storing honey and protecting eggs and larvae.

2015年3月1日 · Beeswax is a complex substance made up of wax esters, fatty acids and hydrocarbons. Wax is used by honey bees to protect themselves against water loss through the integument and in the construction of combs.

Wax is used by honey bees to construct the individual, hexagonal wax cells where eggs are laid for rearing young bees, and honey is stored for winter. Wax is also used by bees at the end of the process of honey making to ‘cap’ the cells.

2015年8月1日 · Swarm bees are uniquely qualified to produce new beeswax. They are primed to convert the carbohydrates in the honey to liquid beeswax they secrete from the four pair of wax glands on the ventral (bottom) side of their abdomens. There is one pair on each of segments 4 to 7. They hang in chains of bees as secretion occurs.