Most of our ironwork is finished in the traditional way. While the metal is still hot we seal it with a natural beeswax. This gives the iron a beautiful finish. We sourced this particular beeswax from near Needham Market about 4 miles from home. The bee keeper has over 15 hives and this must have taken many bees many hours. It is estimated that bees collectively fly 150,000 miles roughly 6 times around the earth to yield one pound of beeswax. This block is over 3 lbs which would mean 450,000 bee miles. Busy bees!
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