[Cob] bee wax on the earthfloor

[Dulane]

I mixed my beeswax heavily with a warmed (stinky) solvent, so the bees wouldn't like it. You are not using much beeswax, and it isn't concentrated enough for them to extract it...I think. It will smell for several weeks. I used orange oil as a solvent, but linseed oil worked well too. 
Here's a hint: Mix your floor mix very dry. Pour it on dry, level it and then mist it with a light spray and then smooth the surface. Otherwise the floor can take a month or more to dry. After it is dry, do the top finishing. Finishing will take less time when the floor below it is dry. It can be a problem if you trap moisture in your floor with a sealing coat.
I used blood meal with dark red clay in my finish layer, to get an oxblood look.  I also had finely chopped straw in my finish. Because my underfloor was still too moist, I got a lot of nasty smells from the organic matter in my mix. The floor turned out fine, but the house smelled dank for a whole season. 
Good luck!

> On Apr 3, 2016, at 3:23 PM, Alessandra Caprara <alecaprara at yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> 
> Hello! I follow you since 2007 I think. And now, finally, we have a place
> to construct our house. There we have an apiary and we have observed the
> bee behavior of collecting bee wax to reuse. So, my husband collect the
> bees to put in our apiary and collet the honey and all the bee wax he left
> to them to collect and construct their house again. Then we are concerned
> about this behavior and using the bee wax on the floor finishing. Do you
> have any experience with bees collecting the wax on the floor? Thank you.
> 
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