{"id":761,"date":"2020-12-11T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bee4u.gr\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:02:20","slug":"%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%af","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bee4u.gr\/en\/wax\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wax"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To make its honeycombs, the bee produces the wax.<\/p>\n

The wax is composed of four pairs of cutaneous glands located in the\nabdomen and coming out of the abdominal rings. These wax glands are\npresent only in female workers and reach their maximum activity\nbetween the 12th<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup> day of their life. The small plates produced\nare white and slightly transparent. The bees will also add carotenoids to\nthis candle, which will give it a yellow-brown color.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t

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Once a plaque is secreted (less than 1 mg), the bee lifts it with one of its\nlegs, massages it and sticks it to other plates, thus building the\nhoneycombs we all know. With 1 gram, 20 square centimeters of a\nhoneycomb is made by bees. To produce wax the bee consumes honey.\nThe biochemical process involved in this is complex and requires a lot of\nenergy (imagine that to make a honeycomb of about 110 g, up to 2 kg of\nhoney are consumed).<\/p>\n

The honeycombs (with the hexagonal shape) of the honeycombs have\nsuch stability, uniformity and aesthetics that make the bee the best\narchitect of nature. In addition, as bees are economical - because wax\nproduction requires a lot of energy as mentioned above - the geometric\nshape they choose provides the building with the greatest possible\nstability, with the least possible amount of matter.<\/p>\n

The composition of the candle is very complicated. Each of the key\ningredients is a combination of other simpler elements. It consists of:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n