beeswaxˈbizˌwæks
beeswax (n)
- plural
- beeswaxes
English Definitions:
beeswax (verb)
a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
beeswax (verb)
cover with beeswax
"Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table"
beeswax (Noun)
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
beeswax (Noun)
Business; in phrases like mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
beeswax (Verb)
To polish (something) with beeswax.
Beeswax
Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long chain alcohols. Small amounts of beeswax have food and flavoring applications, and are edible in the sense of having similar toxicity to undigestable plant waxes. However, the wax monoesters in beeswax are poorly hydrolysed in the guts of humans and mammals, and are therefore of no significant food value.
Beeswax
Beeswax (cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive. The hive workers collect and use it to form cells for honey storage and larval and pupal protection within the beehive. Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids and various long-chain alcohols. Beeswax has been used since prehistory as the first plastic, as a lubricant and waterproofing agent, in lost wax casting of metals and glass, as a polish for wood and leather, for making candles, as an ingredient in cosmetics and as an artistic medium in encaustic painting. Beeswax is edible, having similarly negligible toxicity to plant waxes, and is approved for food use in most countries and in the European Union under the E number E901.
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