Ed asks:
I like using wax for soaps, lip balms and candles. How much
should I be concerned about chemical build up?

Very! If the wax comes from comb on which any chemical has been used.

I am the  beekeeper at the largest farmers market in the six state  area. I
come in contact with many people.

Several people have reported that they have broken out and had reactions
from products made from beeswax bought at a local hobby store. The hobby
store  wax is obviously to me wax from old brood comb bought on the open
market because of the color .
I went to several stores to look at the wax for myself.

I sell and use in my beeswax products only wax from cappings. I suggest all
on the list do the same .

 I simply would never use brood comb wax for soaps
and cosmetics as wax from old brood comb is a sink for chemicals from the
environment plus meds put in the hive by the beekeeper.

Bob

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