CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the uses and methods of beeswax?

Application direction:

1. Cosmetics manufacturing industry. Taking advantage of its natural good adhesion, permeability, emulsification, smoothness and other properties, it is widely used in the production of creams, lipsticks, rouge, hair oil, eyebrow pencils, eye shadows, bath gels, lotions and other cosmetic products. Beeswax is used as the raw material for preparing a variety of medicinal and skin care ointments, plasters, creams, etc.

2. Pharmaceutical industry. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is widely used in the coating and shell of certain tablets and pills, the base material of ointments and ointments, the encapsulation of Chinese patent medicines and the production of sustained-release pharmaceuticals. It can also be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax and other tooth models. The rubber membrane used in the current human body implantation of electronic equipment also contains beeswax.

Key Ingredients:

The main components of beeswax can be divided into four categories, namely esters, free acids, free alcohols and hydrocarbons. It also contains trace amounts of volatile oils and pigments. Esters include cerotic acid and arachidic acid; free acids include cerotic acid (about 15%), lignoceric acid, montanic acid, melissa acid, arachidic acid, and neocerotic acid, also known as lignoceric acid.

Among the free alcohols, there are octadecane and melissa alcohol; among the hydrocarbons, there are pentacosane, heptacosane, nonacosane, trihexane and unsaturated melissane. The components of yellow and white beeswax are basically the same. Beeswax is said to contain an aromatic colored substance called carvacrol.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Beeswax

Uses: Material for building beehives.

Nesting method: Worker bees use their hind legs to poke wax scales, transfer them to their own palates through their front legs, and chew and mix them with the secretions of the maxillary glands. Under the conditions of nest temperature, they become plastic beeswax, which is used to build nests.

Only worker bees have four pairs of wax glands in a bee colony, while queen bees and drones do not have wax glands. The wax glands are formed by specialized epithelial cells of the body wall, located on the ventral plate of the last four segments of the worker bee's abdomen, and are covered with a transparent chitinous mirror membrane. When the wax glands secrete wax, the liquid wax secreted seeps through the cell pores onto the mirror membrane, and after contacting the air, it condenses into white transparent wax scales.

Additional information:

Beeswax is a wax secreted by four pairs of wax glands in the abdomen of bees (worker bees). The liquid wax is secreted by the wax glands. The wax scales are white and opaque, and are in the shape of irregular pentagonal chains.

1 kg of beeswax contains about 4 million wax scales. Bees need 50 wax scales to build a worker beehive, and 120 wax scales to build a drone beehive. A strong bee colony can secrete 2 kg or more wax scales to build a nest in one spring and summer.

References Baidu Encyclopedia - Beeswax

1. Active ammonia removal

Chinese beeswax has a scavenging effect on both OH from the Fenton system and O2 from the X/XO system.

Usage: Concentrations above 2.5μg/ml completely inhibit lipid peroxidation and can also selectively inhibit SOD induction.

2. Other operations started

Beeswax and its emulsion have antibacterial and antiseptic effects.

Usage: Suspend 100-150 mg of heparin in 0.5-1.5 ml of beeswax and inject it intravenously to prolong the anticoagulant effect of heparin.

Additional information:

Beeswax Application Directions:

1. Cosmetics manufacturing industry

Taking advantage of its natural good adhesion, permeability, emulsification, smoothness and other properties, it is widely used in the production of creams, lipsticks, rouge, hair oil, eyebrow pencils, eye shadows, bath gels, lotions and other cosmetic products. Beeswax is used as the raw material for preparing a variety of medicinal and skin care ointments, plasters, creams, etc.

2. Pharmaceutical industry

In the pharmaceutical industry, it is widely used in the coating and shell of certain tablets and pills, in the base of ointments and creams, in the encapsulation of Chinese patent medicines and the production of sustained-release pharmaceuticals, and can also be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax and other tooth models. Today, the rubber membrane used in the surgery of implanting electronic devices in the human body also contains beeswax.

3. Food industry

Taking advantage of its good plasticity, release, film-forming, waterproof, moisture-proof, and anti-oxidative deterioration properties, it is used as an important material and release agent in the food industry and can be used as food coatings, packaging, and outerwear.

4. Agriculture

In agriculture, beeswax is mainly used to preserve fruits and vegetables and as a feed additive.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Beeswax