beeswax

The balm is made from a special blend of cold-pressed seed oils that holds up on hot and cold trips, and includes locally sourced beeswax from San Diego.

“Our main instrument, the gaita, is made from the cactus wood and beeswax,” said Torregrosa.

And they would not use soaps or candles made from beeswax, or use products tested on animals.

“Style it up,” said Schuster, who added a twisted beeswax taper with a bronze candleholder from Il Buco Vita, along with compact sculptural dishes.

One method involves noninvasive imaging of incubating eggs to determine the embryos’ sex, and another involves making a tiny hole in the eggshell to sample and analyze the fluid inside, and resealing the hole, often with beeswax.