Beeswax is one of nature's most amazing products!  It is derived from the nectar of flowers collected by honeybees (the same source that honey comes from).  Honeybees have four pairs of glands on the underside of their abdomen that produces this incredible product.  They use this beeswax to build the wax comb within their hives.  Beeswax is considered to be among man's earliest raw materials having been used for thousands of years to make cosmetics, medicines and art.   Beeswax is a very hard, sticky substance.  Because of this, it can be difficult to break into small chunks to use in recipes.  We recommend to use beeswax pearls to forego this messy process.