Beeswax wraps have become one of the most popular and possibly cutest ways to reduce plastic usage at home. They have become so popular that you can find them at a majority of grocery stores. They are ...

Beeswax candle-making is an ancient practice, started by Egyptian and Roman civilizations of millennia past. As with all great and simple arts, it has stood the test of time to be embraced by a new ...

Rolling sheets of beeswax into beautiful candles is a safe and easy way to make unique, attractive and appreciated holiday gifts with your children. (Courtesy of Donna Erickson) The steps for making ...

Beeswax wraps, a sustainable alternative to single-use plastic bags, are easy to make at home with scrap fabric and beeswax. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) You can’t call yourself an ...

Those enrolling in the “Wax Working, Honey and Hive Products,” a first-of-its-kind class offered by the Elina Niño lab at UC Davis, will learn how wax is made, how to collect it, how to process it, ...

How bees make wax is a delicate thing. Bees have glands that convert sugar in honey into wax, which oozes through the bees small pores to produce tiny flakes of wax on their abdomen. Worker bees chew ...

Moving towards a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle is something that's important to me, as I know it is for a lot of people. One way I've been trying to achieve this goal is by cutting way back ...

So you've got half an orange, some chunks of cheese and a half sandwich left over from lunch. You're going to wrap them up in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator, right? Not so fast. There ...