BEEKEEPING
&
DEVELOPMENT
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VALUE ADDED PRODI By processing your beekeeping products into other useful items or foods, you add value to them. All goods made with honey and/or beeswax sell for much more than the costs of the raw
etroleum jelly is easy to make and it is ningredient of many other products:*
alt the beeswax in a double boiler.
teaspoon wintergreen essential oil
PROPOLIS GRANULES I: Obtain hive scrapings containing mostly
When stored in a jar and allowed to cool, this glue thickens and can be used as a normal
200°F oven.
paper paste.
container. Stir often to help release the wax. Maintain the heat for at least two hours.
CHAPPED-LIP BALM Petroleum jelly is good for chapped lips but this formula is even better.
Remove the can from the oven and let it cool.
methods exactly, they will work.
Step
difficulty in finding some of the
2: Remove the waxy layer that formed on the surface of the water. Pour off the water and
Step
3. Place the container in a freezer. When the propolis is brittle, chip the granules from the
container. Spread the propolis granules on
White's book contains many such
paper
useful methods and formulas:
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further details are given on page 14.
to
HERBAL OINTMENT
lips.
Stir
tablespoon honey
1oz=2835g
CHEESE WAX
hours. Strain the ointment and store it in a
After the air drying period, when cheese has developed a hard, dry rind, it must be protected with wax to prevent mould and further drying.
tightly sealed tin or wide-mouth jar.
13 2
oz beeswax oz vegetable shortening
Step I:
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1
3
TEN
Step
teaspoon propolis granules teaspoon lanolin tablespoons mineral oil
a.can in boiling water. Stir until it cools
to see the
proper
temperature is maintained.
tablespoon beeswax
A few drops of wintergreen essential oil Melt th ldo 61 bole by gridi ts
Combine the ingredients and heat them to 240°F in an oven. Use an oven thermometer and check it often
PROPOLIS LIP BALM 1
the mixture until it cools.
oz beeswax
Stop all bleeding, apply the herbal ointment and a bandage. Repeat the treatment daily for three days.
02)
tablespoon lanolin
6 oz fat or oil
Place ingredients in a 200°F oven for three
¥ teaspoon petroleum jelly
1
Melt the wax, lanolin and petroleum jelly in a double boiler. Add the honey and essential oil. Essential oils of peppermint, eucalyptus,
shortening)
lipstick,
teaspoon honey
3-4 drops essential oil
dry. Store them in a sealed container.
(The fat or oil can be cocoa butter, lanolin, mineral oil or vegetable
2% oz vegetable shortening
tablespoon petroleum jelly
I
wintergreen and camphor slightly num6 painful
1
Gremlins crept in at the printers! Please note the following: Petroleum jelly: ‘4 cup baby oil or mineral oil ‘4 eup water, % cup honey; Envelope glue: Ya teaspoon wintergreen oil 13% oz beeswax, Cheese wax:
1
4 oz dry, powdered herb
1
ERRATA
tablespoon shredded beeswax
1
save the coloured mass beneath it.
that are locally available. Elaine
10
paper and allow it to dry. Moisten the glue to
enough water to cover the scrapings and heat
to
seal the envelope or attach labels.
the propolis will stick to the bottom of the
you follow her ingredients and
oz beeswax (not
taste. With a brush, apply a very thin coat of the hot
glue
The wax will melt and float on the water, while
has tested all of these recipes and if
2
Heat the ingredients in a double boiler for 15 minutes. Add the wintergreen oil if it is desired to improve the
propolis. Place the scrapings in a heat-proof container that can later be discarded. Add
this in a
Super formulas. Elaine White
Grafting wax:
cup honey
tir in the mineral oil.
They are taken from her book
% teaspoon
tablespoon laundry starch
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kind permission of Elaine C White.
Lip gloss:
cup water
cup baby or mineral oil
These formulas reproduced with the
experiment by substituting materials
tablespoon gum Arabic
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Ste;
ingredients and of course you can
This is a moistening-type glue for stamps, labels or the flaps of envelopes.
oz beeswax
ingredients.
However you may experience
ENVELOPE GLUE
PETROLEUM JELLY
2.
Hold the cheese under the hot wax for 10 minutes to Rill the surface bacteria. Remove the cheese and allow the wax to cool
and harden. Reduce the temperature of the wax to 160°F,
pl
Step
3. Dip the cheese and remove it with one quick, smooth motion. Repeat this step until the wax is about 1/16 inch thick.
