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    'Choose Local' Gift Guide  Nov 27, 2008
    Item: Candle Works beeswax candles. Classic and classy and made in Albany. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Give thanks for this easy Thanksgiving centerpiece  Nov 26, 2008
    To create this table setting, use a long decorative glass or wooden tray to cluster (unscented) soy or beeswax pillar candles (or even battery-powered ones). Weave an artificial bittersweet vine or berry vine through the candles and adorn with miniature gourds, hard-shelled nuts, small pine cones, apples, red pears, etc. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Casino chef molds gold (402)  Nov 20, 2008
    The sculptures, made from a combination of animal wax, animal fat, beeswax and cocoa powder, had to be specially shipped to ensure minimum damage. It was a lot of hard work to get it there on the competition floor as envisioned, he said. (Atmore Advance, AL)

    Easy Tips for Throwing an Eco-friendly Celebration  Nov 16, 2008
    Use soy or organic beeswax candles since traditional paraffin wax candles are derived from petroleum and can emit harmful toxins. Food and Drinks. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Keynotes for Nov. 6  Nov 6, 2008
    Flying High, an acapella group will sing at 1 p.m. Gift items, Christmas gifts, homemade beeswax candles, blueberry jam and other specialties will be on sale. For more information visit www. (Hudson Sun, MA)

    Green Art Supplies for Kids  Nov 3, 2008
    Stockmar Beeswax crayons are made in Germany out of vegetable dyes and beeswax. They come in block style or the typical crayon style. (Suite101.com)

    Prisons going green to save on costs  Nov 3, 2008
    Under the supervision of prison counselor Vicki Briggs, Travatte has learned to harvest honey - which inmates occasionally eat with breakfast biscuits - and use beeswax to make lotions. He's become an expert on their habits. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Nomadic Stamp  Oct 19, 2008
    As a result, the tub is surrounded with ipe wood (a type of Brazilian walnut), which was stained, then sealed with beeswax. The vanity wall with twin vessel sinks is lined in oversize honed-porcelain tiles, while the backsplash is finished in smaller tiles of shiny glass. (Boston Globe)

    Random and beautiful  Oct 13, 2008
    Toms Gabzdil Libertiny, a young Slovakian designer, conducted a similar experiment by making a vase-shaped space in a beehive, and leaving it to the bees - some 40,000 of them - to add layer after layer of beeswax until they had produced the Honeycomb Vase. Libertiny decided on the outline, but the bees completed the vase's construction, thereby adding a random element to the design process. (International Herald Tribune)

    Millbrook Farmers Market holds Harvest Festival  Oct 10, 2008
    He also sold hand-made beeswax products including soaps, lip balms, and blocks of pure wax. Beeswax, he revealed, is excellent for unsticking zippers. (Millbrook Round Table, NY)

    Art Town, U.S.A.  Oct 5, 2008
    To sample the local bounty of fall produce, stop by the Sebastopol Farmers' Market, held in the town plaza Sundays through November, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A variety of apples and pears highlights the fall lineup, sold by local vendors alongside organic carrots, artisanal goat cheese and naturally scented beeswax candles. Checking in: The luxe, country-style Sebastopol Inn has comfortable rooms with functional (if nondescript) furnishings. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Putting on a green party  Oct 4, 2008
    Beeswax candles, from $54 to $158 at Roots Home. Bonterra organic syrah, $19. (Globe and Mail)

    Benefits of buzz (Slideshow)  Oct 3, 2008
    "It helps the world, and it's just such an organic experience. And almost all the products from the beehive are usable, like beeswax, propolis, pollen, honey. They're one of the only insects that make food for humans.". And honey never goes bad, though it may crystallize, which is just a more stable form of it, she said. (The Daily Lobo, NM)

    Rocks of ages: millenniums in pictures  Sep 20, 2008
    There are boxing scenes and missionaries, including a priest with a clerical collar, sea captains, a crocodile many metres long, a long boat with a harpooned whale, even writing in beeswax. Near the end of the shelter is a poignant Amen. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    Fannie, Freddie, Obama, McCain  Sep 9, 2008
    Also, most of us think people s personal family decisions are their own darn beeswax, too. Heh. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    In our glasses: What we're drinking  Sep 6, 2008
    Predominantly a blend of native Grecanico, plus newer arrivals Chardonnay and Viognier, it opens with plump, round notes of pear, beeswax and Cavaillon melon, but the ripe texture carries a floral note and a lean edge, perhaps thanks to some early-picked fruit. That combo makes it just right for our current sunny season, so enjoy without delay. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    NEIGHBORS:The buzz for this monk is bees  Sep 2, 2008
    He also extracts beeswax which he melts and gives to a candle maker in exchange for other goods. The work is done in a small brick building on the abbey grounds. (North County Times)

    Now hear this: Don't remove your earwax  Aug 30, 2008
    Ear candling involves making a hollow tube from fabric and soaking that in warm beeswax, which is cooled and hardens. Once cooled and hardened, the beeswax cone is stuck into the ear. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Artful mix matches emotions and fashion  Aug 28, 2008
    Starting with an infant's onesie, Agrawal covers each "garment" with materials like beeswax, plaster, and seashells to reflect qualities of protection, from hardness to fragility. At the opposite end of the spectrum are the satirical works by Candice Smith Corby, currently the director of the Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College, a position Lynch held prior to joining the WSRC. One piece is a vintage '50s housedress on which Corby has painted a self-portrait of her head topped with a... (Boston Globe)

    Stick to two  Aug 25, 2008
    Thats why environmental awareness group Mottainai (meaning its a shame to waste) started by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai came up with My Hashi, a kit containing pre-cut wood strips to make five pairs of chopsticks, sandpaper, beeswax and a polishing cloth. Moving towards the novelty end are chopsticks that dispense soya sauce from the tip. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Pesticide Buildup Could Lead to Poor Honey Bee Health  Aug 20, 2008
    However, an innovative approach may mitigate at least some beeswax contamination ... While beekeepers will have a difficult time controlling pesticide exposure outside the hive, the researchers tested a method for reducing the acaricide load in beeswax ... Using gamma radiation from a cobalt 60 source housed at Penn State's Breazeale Reactor, they irradiated the sheets of beeswax that beekeepers use as the structural foundation for the bees to build their combs. (Agri-View, WI)

    How To Make Chocolate Massage Bars  Aug 6, 2008
    Transfer it now to a small saucepan and add the beeswax. Gently heat this until the beeswax has completely dissolved ... Be careful to keep the heat low as the beeswax may burn which will ruin the natural honey scent that it imparts to the end product. (Suite101.com)

    Make way for the white Bordeaux  Jul 31, 2008
    ment, with aromas redolent of lanolin and beeswax. These wines can be very expensive, though far less so than white Burgundies of equivalent quality. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)

    Amy wants kids, no beeswax!  Jul 25, 2008
    Amy wants kids, no beeswax. July 24, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Sit! Stay! Now go green, Fido  Jul 21, 2008
    Using a paintbrush, cover the rooftop with two layers of melted natural beeswax, available where candle supplies are sold. Or use a rubberized roofing compound that s low in volatile organic compounds, or VOCs; one example is Elasto-Seal rubber undercoat primer by Snow Roof Systems. (Montana Standard, MT)

    A great time for a festival in the park  Jul 20, 2008
    Then they are hand waxed with a mixture of beeswax, Camuba wax and turpentine. They are held together with a spring system, making it easier to take the clock apart to clean the inside of the glass. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Take a moment  Jul 18, 2008
    The show's title applies to both artists because Batalian has a short "moment in time" to make her creations from hot beeswax, and the theme of Welsh's work is ambiguity in memory. Reception tonight from 5 to 7. (Boston Globe)

    Natural Remedies for Summer Bumps and Bites  Jul 18, 2008
    3/4 ounce (or about 22 grams) beeswax ... Add beeswax to carrier oil in a tempered glass cup or bowl. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Homemade Chocolate Lip Gloss  Jul 8, 2008
    Take the pot off the heat and add the honey, lecithin and beeswax ... Honey and possibly Beeswax are said to be. (Suite101.com)

    Put the 'Eco' in Decorating  Jul 3, 2008
    Natural fiber rugs, beeswax or soy wax candles can add eco flair to your decor. Or for a unique, elegant and green decorating tip, adorn your home with mosaic bamboo tiles to warm up a wall or add interest to a floor. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Affordable Oregon Coast  Jun 29, 2008
    Spanish sailing ships carrying beeswax from the Philippines to Mexico wrecked on that part of the coast, and chunks of the wax still turn up, much less often now. The best collection probably is at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Removing Dreadlocks  Jun 28, 2008
    Or, with thick or African hair, one can begin by coiling the hair with a bonding agent such as beeswax. The result is hair joined and formed together to create what may look to some as ropes. (Suite101.com)

    Kutztown Festival is all about fun  Jun 27, 2008
    Some 200 Pennsylvania German and other early American folk artisans demonstrate their skills in diverse crafts including fine furniture, miniatures, pottery making, clothing, musical instruments, hand-painted art, iron ornaments, weavings, brooms, cut paper art known as "scherenschnitte," Pennsylvania German calligraphic writing called "fraktur", beeswax candles and more. Eastern Pennsylvania 's finest traditional hex sign painters - in fact the last hex sign artists in the nation - are among... (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    Ready to wear  Jun 19, 2008
    The show includes (at right, clockwise from top left) Sandra Eula Lee's miniature wardrobe made of paper and pins, "Clothing Inventory - under 2" tall" (a detail above); Aparna Agrawal's "Body Armor, Nutshell," a bodice made of cloth, plaster, and beeswax; Maryjean Viano Crowe's "Doll Cake: Visions Danced in Her Head" of silver gelatin prints; and Agrawal's "Shell Bra. " Reception tonight at 5. Free. (Show runs through Sept. 25.) Kniznick Gallery, Epstein Building, 515 South St., Waltham.... (Boston Globe)

    Urban Beekeeping is Latest Buzz  Jun 7, 2008
    Watching them calms you," said Rob Hicks, who keeps four hives in Chicago. "It's a fun way to spend time, and I think it might even have some effect on blood pressure," he joked. There's also the honey. Hicks said that like many beekeepers, he's usually able to sweet talk neighbors into acceptance by keeping them well supplied with honey. Barclay not only sells the honey at a weekly farmers market, she also sells beeswax candles, lip balm and baked goods made with honey. She said her customers... (Time.com)

    Just some 'plain old English' answers  Jun 1, 2008
    Free Man wrote on May 28, 2008 11:26 PM:" If the refinery gets voted down I'm moving to Union County to open a new mecantile. I'll call it something like "Free Mans Bicycles and Buggy Whips" and it will be stocked with all the essentials needed to live without oil. You can mosey on down to get your beeswax candles, ice blocks for your enviromentally sound Ice Chest and check out our large assortment of corncobs to fuel your pot bellied stove during the winter. I will certify that all my products... (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Beehives falling silent  May 31, 2008
    We ve lost 80 percent of them in the last 18 months, Mr. Rose said, standing among honey jars, wood carvings of bees and beeswax candles his family sells at Endless Mountains Apiaries. I didn t know what was causing it. (Scranton Times, PA)

    Carnegie Museum, in Pittsburgh, shows contemporary art's "Old Masters of tomorrow"  May 31, 2008
    " The exhibition's highlights include a film and photographs by a Los Angeles artist, Sharon Lockhart - meditative portraits of children whom she came to know during a four-year stay in Pine Flat, California. The film portrays these children interacting in the beautiful landscape surrounding this small rural community, inspiring the viewer to reflect upon the passage of time, human connection and the process of looking. Matthew Monahan's sculptures of human figures, with their broken and... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Healthier, low-VOC versions coming  May 28, 2008
    Milk paint is porous, which allows walls and furniture to breathe, but can be sealed to a warm luster with beeswax or hemp oil ... When dry, milk paint has a chalky appearance, which is fine for walls, but I sealed the cabinets with beeswax. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)

    Dinner at 7. Recycling at 10.  May 22, 2008
    (That's beeswax candles, by the way, not petroleum-derived paraffin. . (Boston Globe)

    Soap du soleil: Mother of two finds creative outlet making soap  May 20, 2008
    The lotion and lip balm are both made by different mixtures of beeswax, shea butter and olive oil ... Mostly I just have shea butter, olive oil, beeswax, soap base, scents, and to mix it muffin tins, jars and popsicle sticks. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)

    New views of the Old West  May 18, 2008
    Mast draws on the view from her studio skylights to create canvases layered with old star charts, gritty red soil and filmy beeswax melted, spread across the canvas, then scratched and pressed and painted. Her wax paintings the technique is called encaustic look like cryptic maps, with bits of a street grid here, a fragment of a constellation there, a splintered word in a foreign language, like a signpost to an ancient ruin. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Feature story: Open house  May 5, 2008
    Some of the paper pieces come from old books or sheet music, and are coated with beeswax to make them transparent, looking even more vintage. Infante says the works were inspired by driving through fields here and in her native Germany. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Beekeepers: we need more money to save our honey  Apr 23, 2008
    Defra would also impose controls at ports to identify bee smuggling, implement more checks for unrefined beeswax and introduce tighter controls on honey imports. Beekeepers said there were substantial shortcomings and omissions in the proposals insisting that greater scientific study is needed. (Times Online)

    Eco-friendly beauty solutions  Apr 17, 2008
    As a natural alternative, she suggested using products that have shea butter, cocoa butter or beeswax; these are all biodegradable ... Someone has to raise bees for beeswax and grow plants that produce shea butter and cocoa butter, which creates a demand for farmers to want to go organic, Tourles explained. (Courier Publications, ME)

    Read a passage from 'Playing With the Grown-ups'  Apr 10, 2008
    "I'm never hot, Mrs. Larsen. Going back to your question, Mr. Larsen, which is obviously not one for small company, I'd say yes. Then I'd tell you to mind your own beeswax. All right?". Bestepapa roared with laughter. (USA Today -- Life)

    5 Home Remedy No-No's  Apr 5, 2008
    It's marketed as an easy at-home solution for people with this problem and involves taking a candle-shaped beeswax cone, placing it in the ear, lighting it, and after the wick burns down, removing the cone -- along with ear wax and other impurities. Unfortunately, lighting a flame inches from your ear isn't exactly easy, and in fact, it can be dangerous. (CBS News)

    Paradise is a Garden  Apr 5, 2008
    The family makes many varieties of beeswax candles. and 7 oz. beeswax bricks for folks that need beeswax for making their own soaps, balms, candles and salves. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

    Lay Lake to host Wal-Mart bass fishing tournament  Apr 3, 2008
    Beeswax Landing in Clanton will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in each of the BFL s 28 divisions at the end of the season advance to a no-entry-fee Regional Championship where boaters fish for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck and co-anglers fish for a new Ranger boat. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)

    60 things to do during Earth Hour  Mar 30, 2008
    At which point, you can host an Earth Hour Party: BYO (beeswax. candle and no plastic cups. (Globe and Mail)

    What's On: Earth Hour Events  Mar 29, 2008
    from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. To get ready for Earth Hour, Huntinghawk Communications is having an "earth friendly" giveaway with beeswax candles, recycled pens, organic garden seeds and the like. Go to for more info. (Toronto Star)

    Lots of buzz about Beeswax Web site  Mar 27, 2008
    Scott Vincent, co-founder of the Beeswax Web site, hopes to get advertising for it ... beeswaxneighborhoods ... Beeswax started with one neighborhood, Guilford. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)

    Lights out for green dining  Mar 26, 2008
    We buy local food and wine where possible," he says. H is staff also turn off the gas stoves when not needed, adjust the air-conditioning to use less power, have replaced the light globes with energy-efficient units and replaced the seals on fridges, freezers and ovens. But the team hasn't forgotten to have fun. At the stroke of eight on Saturday night they will pop corks from local bubbly. "We've then got hundreds of beeswax tea lights to light up Verge," says Cuddy. His kitchen crew will be... (The Age)

    Urban stargazing or a candle party? Earth Hour options  Mar 23, 2008
    But make sure they're beeswax candles. Parafin candles, by comparison, are made from petroleum products and release harmful fumes. (CTV.ca)

    Satuday Edition: What's On!  Mar 22, 2008
    Instead of dye, they are decorated using beeswax to form several layers of color. We'll turn our spotlight on an 84-year-old Minneapolis woman who's been making the eggs since childhood. (CBS News -- Early Show)

    Is too much corn in our diet making us fat (and sick)?  Mar 22, 2008
    The Simmons Honey family from Douglas will be back at the market with lots of beeswax candles. To grace the Easter table there s a detailed carved egg candle, a Celtic cross, praying hands, spiral tapers or angels. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

    Pysanky - The art of making Ukranian Easter eggs  Mar 18, 2008
    The craft is a layering process where beeswax is placed in certain areas and the egg is dipped in dye, wax is removed and more wax is added in different places depending on the design and it is dipped in another dye and this process continues until it is done ... Held up to the flame of a candle, the beeswax melts and it is "painted" on as needed. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Abuzz about bees: Honey Queen spreads the word on sweet concoction  Mar 17, 2008
    Heram also educates the public about the importance of honeybees in pollination, and uses of honey and other hive products, such as beeswax. Honey trivia. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Community Briefs  Mar 15, 2008
    The offerings include vegetables, fruits, pastured eggs, goats' milk cheeses, grass-fed beef and lamb, honey and beeswax products, fair trade organic coffee, prepared foods and baked goods, healthy snacks, fresh flowers, fresh herbs, pastured chicken and more. All of the produce offered for sale at the farmers' market is grown or produced in Southeast Texas and is sold to consumers directly by the people that produce it. (Woodlands Villager, TX)

    Two local organic growers show off their gardens  Mar 8, 2008
    Simmons Honey Ranchito will be back at the market with honey, comb honey, creamed honey, beeswax candles, preserves & pickles ... The new beeswax candle votives are a great value. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

    Beekeeping buzz sparked by environmentalism, local food movements  Mar 8, 2008
    Picking up each frame the part of the hive that holds the beeswax for their honeycomb Harris searches for the long-bodied queen of the colony. He finds no sign of her, which explains the rancor of the bees. (The Daily Reflector)

    Beach Ready Beauty with Honey  Mar 7, 2008
    1/2 cup beeswax (Can be purchased at craft and beekeeping stores) ... Place almond oil and beeswax in a microwave-safe bowl ... Whisk honey into beeswax mixture; stir well. (Boonville Daily News, MO)

    The Weapons of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters : To mark the game's move to the PS...  Mar 2, 2008
    Killer bees shoot out of this mine (which really looks more like a bee hive) and sting the beeswax out of any enemy within reach, allowing you to eliminate multiple foes at the same time. It's a good thing these bugs are on your side, because no one wants to be looking straight up the business end of a bee's butt. (IGN PS2)

    Gators, Arts & Crafts  Mar 1, 2008
    There will also be whimsical yard sculptures, steel dazzlers (wind-spinners), baby clothes, tables and a beeswax candle-making demonstration. Kahle said the biannual event has averaged 1,200 to 1,300 guests. (New Iberia, LA)

    Homemade Perfume Recipe  Mar 1, 2008
    1 tablespoon of beeswax. 1 tablespoon of almond oil. (Suite101.com)

    How Green Are They?  Feb 28, 2008
    offers "earth-friendly" products, crafted with beeswax, botanical oils and herbs and flowers, which, advocates say, are "formulated to maximize personal well-being and the environment." The skin, lip, body and hair products are priced from $2. 99 to $24. (Fox News)

    It's a Honey of a Spa!  Feb 23, 2008
    4 teaspoons grated beeswax ... Melt beeswax using a small double boiler ... Beeswax is available at most craft stores. (Suite101.com)

    Barbers, apothecaries and the...  Feb 21, 2008
    Beaver gland was mixed with olive oil and beeswax and made into a pill that cured headaches. Beavers eat large amounts of willow bark, which contains salicylic acid. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)

    'Flavor of Love': Elixir for a broken heart  Feb 20, 2008
    Oh, and my final answer is none of your beeswax. Now, go and mind your little business. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Information overload  Feb 18, 2008
    Sometimes they cede control to nature, as the young Slovak, Toms Gabzdil Libertiny, did by casting a vase in beeswax, and placing it in a beehive where 40,000 bees created its final shape. Or they find ways of controlling it, which is why the Portuguese designer Susana Soares devised a means of using the bee's sense of smell to detect diseases. (International Herald Tribune)

    Learn yoga, self-defense, origami, knitting  Feb 15, 2008
    Use woodshop equipment to drill and sand birch logs to make two attractive, natural, candleholders with beeswax votives. Jim Bobb will demonstrate candle making and then instruct participants in creating the birch log holders. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Tips for Perfect Pysanky  Feb 15, 2008
    That will help you avoid sudden spurts of overheated beeswax that leave unwanted blobs instead of nice neat lines. The straight and narrow: It s possible to buy circular templates to help mark lines on the eggshell; you can also use a draughting compass and calipers to help you work out the pattern before applying the wax. (Suite101.com)

    Local Bee lieve products to be on QVC shopping network  Feb 10, 2008
    With much research from her home kitchen, Thompson developed the formulas needed to produce excellent products made with honey, beeswax and other moisturizing oils. The products contain pure, raw honey, Vitamin E and Aloe Vera which provides moisturizing and healing qualities. (Newton County Times, AR)

    Kelly Co. changes ownership  Feb 8, 2008
    Burgess said the company will keep its wood, beeswax and stainless steel manufacturing at the local plant. She said she did not expect operations at other plants to be moved to Clarkson. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)

    Switch-off goes global  Feb 5, 2008
    For those who brought the rugs, the picnics, the champagne and the beeswax candles, it was a bizarre but exhilarating hour. Cheers rang out as office buildings dimmed; when the bridge, the Opera House and the Luna Park sign were flicked, glasses were raised in a toast. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Save your skin from the harsh winter  Jan 27, 2008
    If you have severely dry skin, look for a moisturizer that contains beeswax, shea butter or glycerin or try Cetaphil Therapeutic Hand Cream, Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream or Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream all available at your local drug, grocery and discount retailer. Use an anti-bacterial gel instead of repeatedly washing hands. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Enjoy the taste of Farmers Market  Jan 19, 2008
    Simmons Honey will be at the market with desert honeys, beeswax lip balm and candles and heath-promoting hive products such as bee pollen and royal jelly. The Simmons family are expert canners and produce a large array of jams, jellies and preserves. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

    Local beekeeper stirs up buzz at library  Jan 19, 2008
    The bees cap the honey with beeswax, which can be used to make candles ... The bees bring honey with them from the old hive, so they can secrete beeswax to make honeycomb. (Milford Mirror, CT)

    Crappie hunt fills local campground  Jan 17, 2008
    Participating sponsors in the area include Clanton s Bubba s Grocery, T Shop, The Fishing Hole, Lake Mitchell Mini Mart, Bates Grocery and the ranger station at Higgins Ferry Park; Shelby s The Landing, Waxahatchee Marina, Bozo s Camp and Layport Marina; and Columbiana s Beeswax Bait and Grocery and Paradise Point in Columbiana. Areas anglers can have their catches weighed at Bates Grocery, the ranger station at Higgins Ferry Park, The Landing, Waxahatchee Marina, Beeswax Bait and Grocery, Bubba... (Clanton Advertiser, AL)

    Your Health: A spoonful of honey is good medicine  Jan 11, 2008
    Scientists recently found that psoriasis sufferers may benefit from applications of a mixture of honey, beeswax and olive oil. In a study of people suffering from psoriasis and other inflammatory skin disorders, 60 percent showed significant improvement when treated with the honey-based mixture. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Can Burt's Bees turn Clorox green?  Jan 8, 2008
    The two became lovers and eventually birthed Burt's Bees, a niche company famous for beeswax lip balm, lotions, soaps and shampoos, as well as for its homespun packaging and feel-good, eco-friendly marketing. The bearded man whose image is used to peddle the products is modeled after Shavitz. (International Herald Tribune)

    Clorox, trying to go green, paid $913 million for a beeswax company  Jan 7, 2008
    The two became lovers and eventually birthed Burt's Bees, a niche company famous for beeswax lip balm, lotions, soaps and shampoos, as well as for its homespun packaging and feel-good, eco-friendly marketing ... Back in 1984, at the end of their first summer together, Shavitz suggested that Quimby use some of his beeswax to make candles ... Quimby then started experimenting, making beeswax polishes for shoes and furniture from recipes she found in an old farmer's manual. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)

    Taste a little of the summer (1/6)  Jan 6, 2008
    The four H"s stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. According to an online source, the organization serves over 6.5 million members in the United States from ages 5 to 19 in about 90,000 clubs.The kids run the meeting this group ranged in ages from 5 to 17. After some club business I was introduced by President Kayla Carter, 17, as a bee expert. I didn't bother to correct her error. Like any new activity, I said, beekeeping has led me down unexpected paths. I've met people I never knew,... (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)

    * Can Burt's Bees turn Colorox green?  Jan 6, 2008
    The two became lovers and eventually birthed Burt's Bees, a niche company famous for beeswax lip balm, lotions, soaps and shampoos, as well as for its homespun packaging and feel-good, eco-friendly marketing ... The famous Burt's Bees lip balm was born in 1991, and that item, a combination of beeswax and sweet almond oil, helped the company find a niche in personal care products ... The company obtains all of its beeswax from hives in Ethiopia, so shipping the ingredient across the Atlantic adds... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Michelle Stuart: "Butterflies and Moths"  Jan 4, 2008
    Working with beeswax, ink, pigments, and translucent vellum, Stuart has constructed gorgeous butterfly concoctions such as "Variable Cracker II," a silver-speckled specimen with shimmering black and beige wings. The wings' edges fall into a fuzz beneath a layer of vellum; this evokes their beating. (Boston Globe)

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