Beehive Alchemy is the follow-up to Petra Ahnert’s best-selling Beeswax Alchemy. This comprehensive guide explores the benefits and attributes of beeswax, honey, propolis, and other hive products, with detailed instructions for transforming them into practical, creative, and useful items for home and body.

Key Features and Benefits

• Expanded hive-to-home guide: Continues the work of Beeswax Alchemy

• Covers multiple hive products: Beeswax, honey, propolis, and more

• Step-by-step projects: Clear instructions for a wide range of creations

• Body care recipes: Includes soap, beard balm, and lotion

• Candle-making techniques: Tapers, tea lights, pillars, and hand-dipped candles

• Home applications: Furniture polish, waxed wraps, incense

• Creative studio projects: Beeswax crayons, encaustic, and batik

• Kitchen recipes: Cookies, candies, beverages, and fermentations

In Beehive Alchemy, Petra Ahnert expands on her previous work to offer a complete guide to using hive products in everyday life. Designed for beekeepers and bee enthusiasts alike, this book walks readers through processing and crafting with beeswax, honey, propolis, and more.

The book is organized into themed sections:

Alchemy for the Body

• Liquid soap with honey

• Beard balm

• Olive and honey lotion

Alchemy of Light

• Taper candles

• Tea lights

• Pillar candles

• Award-winning hand-dipped birthday candles

Alchemy for the Home

• Furniture polish

• Waxed cotton food wraps

• Woodcutter incense

Alchemy in the Studio

• Beeswax crayons

• Encaustic art

• Batik techniques

Alchemy in the Kitchen

• Cookies and candies

• Beverages

• Fermentations

• Classic French canele bordelais

Whether you keep bees or simply appreciate the gifts they provide, Beehive Alchemy serves as a practical guide for turning hive products into useful, creative, and enjoyable items throughout your home.