Beeswax
Beeswax is produced by three pairs of wax (ceruminous) glands on the abdomen of twelve- to eighteen-dayold worker bees.
Bees produce wax for building their honeycomb.
The honeycomb cells are perfectly hexagonal in shape and are ten to twelve millimeters deep with a diameter of 5.37 mm. The cells for drones are the only ones with a diameter of 6.9 mm.
Humans use the wax in salves, for candles and ceroplastics, and as a preservative agent. Moreover, wax was used in ancient Egypt for the mummification of corpses. Wax is obtained by melting the honeycomb, as with a solar wax smelter and then purified in hot water.