Yes, but not directly, as follows:
1, natural beeswax can not be directly eaten, because natural beeswax contains some toxins, people directly eat not only easy to allergies, but also cause a variety of damage to the body, the people's health is particularly unfavorable. It's best to eat it after it's been purified and processed.
2, beeswax is the simplest way to purify it is to put it in the pot into a boil, in the high temperature heating process, natural beeswax in the toxin will disappear a large part of the people in that later on to eat it will be much safer.
3, in the purchase of honey, the honey consumption after the beeswax left behind the best not to eat directly, although a small amount of consumption is not harmful, but ultimately not good for the body.
Related uses are as follows:
1, in agriculture and animal husbandry can be used as the manufacture of fruit tree wax and pest adhesive.
2, in the cosmetic manufacturing industry, many beauty products contain beeswax, such as bath lotion, lipstick, rouge, etc. In the candle processing industry, beeswax as the main raw material can be manufactured in various types of candles.
3, in the pharmaceutical industry, beeswax can be used in the manufacture of dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax, the shell of the pill. In the food industry can be used as food coatings, packaging and outerwear, etc.
4, in the beekeeping industry can be used to manufacture hive bases, wax bowls. Beeswax specific gravity between 1.05 and 1.10, only slightly larger than water. It is a fossilized tree resin, amorphous, without fixed internal atomic structure and external shape, the fracture is often shell-like, refractive index between 1.54 and 1.55, birefringence does not apply.
5, after purification and processing of beeswax, not only can eat, there are a variety of medicinal value it, you can beeswax and eggs with scrambled eggs to eat, people in the consumption of beeswax scrambled eggs after not only the treatment of bronchitis, gastritis and a variety of human consumption.
6, natural beeswax is mostly used in industrial production, in addition to a variety of traditional Chinese medicine pills can be made of packaging, this beeswax is also made of cosmetics and candles, an important raw material.