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Beeswax candles are some of the oldest candles in history. Besides being all-natural, they possess several health benefits. They are reported to improve allergy and asthma symptoms. Like air purifiers, beeswax candles release negative ions that neutralize the particles from air pollutants, rendering them harmless. Worker bees secrete beeswax by wax glands located in abdominal segments. This substance is generally produced in greatest amount during colony growth phase in late spring, and is used for making combs. Beeswax is synthesized starting from honey sugars, and has a crystalline structure suitable for hive construction. Chemical composition varies among bee species and geographical zones, and includes hydrocarbons, of which major ones are heptacosane, nonacosane, hentriacontane, pentacosane and tricosane, free fatty acids and free fatty alcohols, linear wax monoesters, hydroxymonoesters deriving from palmitic, 15-hydroxypalmitic, and oleic acids, and complex wax esters containing 15-hydroxypalmitic acid and diols (Münstedt and Bogdanov, 2009). A total of about 50 aroma components has also been reported (Ferber and Nursten, 1977). Beeswax candles burn smoke-free and purify the air when burned. How do they purify the air? Beeswax is a natural ioniser - emitting negative ions when burned. Other natural ionisers include moving water (oceans, waterfalls, rain, etc.) and plants. Short ofsetting up a waterfall or rainforest in your living room, or buying an expensive electric ioniser, burning beeswax candles is the simplest and most effective way of purifying the air that you breathe. It has been scientifically proven that the only fuel known to mankind to produce a balanced negative ion is pure beeswax… care of Mother Nature. And what is even more astonishing is that a purebeeswax candle burns the dust and toxic fumes drawing them closer to the candle through the force of convection - you will notice that the dustier your environment, the darker the pool of wax