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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: poka-bee on March 31, 2008, 09:03:24 PM

Title: mmmm smells good!
Post by: poka-bee on March 31, 2008, 09:03:24 PM
Ok guys, how come no one told me how good wax foundation smells????  :shock: I got my box from Dadent, opened it up to see what It looks like as I've never seen it before...oh my goodness, it smells sooooo gooood! sweet like honey, spicy & woody all at once!  Is this what all beeswax smells like?  I'm makin candles if it is!!  Jody
Title: Re: mmmm smells good!
Post by: dlmarti on March 31, 2008, 09:53:02 PM
Quote from: poka-bee on March 31, 2008, 09:03:24 PM
Ok guys, how come no one told me how good wax foundation smells????  :shock: I got my box from Dadent, opened it up to see what It looks like as I've never seen it before...oh my goodness, it smells sooooo gooood! sweet like honey, spicy & woody all at once!  Is this what all beeswax smells like?  I'm makin candles if it is!!  Jody

Wait till its filled with honey, its an amazing smell.
During the height of summer that same smell is just rolling out of the hive.

Its like all your childhood memories of fields, woods, hiking, and long walks distilled into a single scent.
Title: Re: mmmm smells good!
Post by: Kathyp on March 31, 2008, 10:21:08 PM
i have been taking the honey out of the comb that i got from the cut out i did.  it's sitting in front of the pellet stove dripping and the whole house smells like honey and wax.  it's great!

on a warm day, you'll be able to stand in front of your hives and smell it.
Title: Re: mmmm smells good!
Post by: Michael Bush on March 31, 2008, 10:59:28 PM
>Is this what all beeswax smells like? 

No.  It's what the perfume they put in foundation smells like.  Beeswax has a much more earthy smell mixed in with a honey smell.  But it still smells nice doesn't it?