The Collaborative World of Beeswax

Beeswax is derived from the beehive itself and is sourced using unethical practices including the captivity and exploitation of bees – one of the earth’s most important pollinators – and the burning of their entire hives. Responsible for the sustainability and longevity of all life on earth, the bees are incalculably valuable in nearly every ecosystem. Beeswax is contained within the honeycomb structure and is carefully created in hexagonal shapes by the bees to store excess honey and house their young. The beeswax extraction process involves the incineration of the entire beehive, and the destruction of a beautiful and fundamentally important structure.
The characteristic buzzing sound that bees make is of the utmost importance to the maintenance and survival of the hive. They use their buzzing sounds to interact, communicate threats and danger and locate each other. The sound each bee makes is unique, with smaller ones creating higher frequency sounds and bigger ones creating lower frequency sounds. Each hive, then, is a unique symphony of the bees, and constitutes a language that belongs uniquely to the bees.
The structure of the honeycomb and the hive are in themselves also a language of the bees – it is their home.