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. ... Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids and various long-chain alcohols.

Is beeswax a bee poop?

Beeswax is produced from a gland at the base of the, near the stinger. In function, it is similar to wax secretion in the ears of humans.

Are bees harmed in the making of beeswax?

Beeswax wraps face the same ethical issues that candles, and cosmetics do because of the beeswax harvesting process. So long as the beeswax harvested with the intention of making it into a wrap is not sustainable, ethical, or harmful to the honeybees, then the wrap itself really cannot be ethical.