1. Different sources
Beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by the wax glands of worker bees (13-18 days old), while honey is made by bees repeatedly brewing nectar from nectar plants. In fact, bee products can be roughly divided into bee products (honey, Honey, bee pollen), bee secretions (beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom) and the bee's own body (bee pupa, bee coat), so it can be known from this point that there is an essential difference between the two.
Two, the role is different
The effects of beeswax and honey on the bee colony are very different. The main function of beeswax is to build the hive and cover the nest room (feed room and larvae room), while honey is the food stored by the bee colony, because the bees are completely based on flowers. For food, but the flowering of nectar source plants is periodic and may not be continuous, especially in winter when there is basically no nectar source outside and the outside temperature is not suitable for bee activities. At this time, bees are the material basis for the survival of bee colonies.
Three, different ingredients
Beeswax and honey are very different in composition. The main components of beeswax are lipids, acids, alcohols and hydrocarbons, and still contain a small amount of volatile oils, pigments, minerals and aromatic substances, while the main components of honey are It is glucose and fructose, and contains a small amount of sucrose, gum, organic acids, amino acids, vitamins, pollen and minerals, etc. Therefore, beeswax and honey are two completely different bee products from the perspective of composition.
