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How I make it.

These are the questions I get asked most at the tent, written out in full. If you want to know which beeswax you need or why I only render tallow twice, it's here.

Beeswax

Which of the two grades you need and how much to buy. Then how to melt it down without burning it.

Two poured slabs of golden beeswax on a bee-print market cloth, with the As It Is In Heaven sign and a jar of honey behind them

Start here · August 7, 2026

Buying Beeswax by the Pound in Idaho

I sell beeswax by the pound in the Treasure Valley. Which grade you need, how much a batch takes, what it costs, and how to melt it without wrecking it.

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Three bars of golden beeswax laid out on a bee-print cloth with the lids of three honey jars beside them

Filtered or Unfiltered Beeswax?

Filtered beeswax for candles and anything on skin, unfiltered for polish and waxed canvas. What's in unfiltered wax and when it matters.
A paper bag printed Honey and Beeswax standing on a market table beside a thick poured slab of golden wax

How Much Beeswax Do You Need?

One pound of beeswax fills about four 4 oz candles. The table for candles, balms and salves, plus the five to ten percent you lose in the pot.
A row of poured beeswax slabs on a market table in front of the As It Is In Heaven sign

Melting Beeswax Without Ruining It

Beeswax melts at about 145°F and discolors for good above 185°F. Use a double boiler, never a direct flame, and stir it. What to do if it catches.
Two poured slabs of golden beeswax on a bee-print market cloth, with the As It Is In Heaven sign behind them

Waxing Canvas and Leather With Beeswax

Beeswax for waxed canvas and leather. Which grade to buy, the ratios people actually use, how to melt it in, and how much a pound of wax will cover.
Two poured slabs of golden beeswax stacked on a market table with the As It Is In Heaven sign behind them

Beeswax on Wood, Boards and Butcher Block

Beeswax as a wood finish. The board butter ratio, why mineral oil and not olive oil, how often to redo a board, and which grade of wax to buy for it.

Tallow

How I render it and what goes in the jar. There are no essential oils in it, and I'll tell you why.

A small amber jar of tallow lotion sitting on a slab of beeswax, with a handwritten label that reads grass fed tallow, infused vanilla bean, beeswax, castor oil, jojoba oil

Start here · August 7, 2026

Why We Render the Tallow Twice

Most tallow gets rendered four or five times to get the beef smell out. I render it twice and steep it in vanilla beans instead. Here's why.

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Five small amber jars of tallow lotion on a bee-print market cloth, the nearest one labeled grass fed tallow, infused vanilla bean, beeswax, castor oil, jojoba oil

Why I Stopped Making Scented Tallow

I used to make scented tallow and I stopped. The lotion has no essential oils now, so it's safe on a newborn and safe on your face in the sun.
A close view of an amber jar of tallow lotion on a slab of beeswax, with a handwritten label listing grass fed tallow, infused vanilla bean, beeswax, castor oil and jojoba oil

What's Actually in the Lotion

Seven things go in our tallow lotion, and every one has a job. Tallow, vanilla bean, calendula, jojoba, castor, beeswax, and arrowroot added last.
Slabs of golden beeswax next to a row of small amber jars of tallow lotion on a bee-print market cloth

Whipped Tallow or Tallow Balm?

Whipped tallow is airy and often greasy. A balm is firm. Mine is whipped and emulsified, which is a third thing. How to tell which one you're buying.
A jar of whipped tallow lotion labeled grass fed tallow, infused vanilla bean, beeswax, castor oil, jojoba oil, standing on slabs of beeswax

Will Tallow Clog Your Pores?

Tallow rates about 2 on the comedogenic scale, and that number isn't the whole answer. What's in the jar, who it suits, and who should go slowly.

Honey

What raw and unfiltered mean and where the hives sit. Also what I tell people who ask about allergies.

A Kerr mason quart of dark honey standing on a thick slab of golden beeswax on a market table

Start here · August 7, 2026

Raw, Unfiltered, Never Heated

Raw and unfiltered aren't regulated words. What they mean on our jars, what a strainer does that a filter doesn't, and how to check any honey yourself.

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Sealed mason jars of dark honey on a bee-print market table, with blocks of beeswax and a stack of paper bags beside them

Why Our Hives Sit on Organic Farms

All 500 or so of our hives sit on organic farms around the Treasure Valley, by agreement with the farmer. Why I do it that way and what it costs me.
A honeybee working over a cluster of small yellow flowers

Does Local Honey Help Allergies?

The evidence says no, and I sell local honey. Why the theory doesn't hold up, what the trials found, and what honey is actually good for.
A row of quart mason jars of dark honey on a market table, with one lighter amber jar that has a pale layer at the top

When Honey Turns Solid

Honey that turns solid hasn't gone bad. Raw honey crystallizes, and it's the easiest everyday sign that nobody filtered it fine and heated it.
The As It Is In Heaven market sign, an engraved honeybee inside an arch above the words Honey and Beeswax, standing behind jars of honey

Where the Name Came From

People ask about the name at the tent, so here's the answer written down. The Lord's Prayer, the land of milk and honey, and what we do because of it.

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