To make your Wraps, you will need:Fabrics that is not too thick, clean and ironed.

Mini beeswax pellets bought at the biocoop, around 12 dollars per 400gr bag, at the time it can be expensive, but at the price of a Wrap sold on the net between 6 and 15 dollars each, it is ultimately very interesting. You have to do it by rapping a plate of wax bought from your beekeeper but in terms of quantity and price. It is less profitable.

A baking sheet (drip pan): To be able to reuse your drip pan, the use of baking paper may be necessary, but not zero waste.

Once you have everything on hand:

  • Cut your fabric to the size of your choice be careful that it does not protrude from the plate anyway.
  • Place the fabric on the plate.
  • Cover evenly with beeswax pastilles, without putting too much, the wax melts and will spread, and you can add more if you see that it is missing in certain places.
  • Place your baking sheet in the oven when your oven is at 100 ° C.
  • Leave 5 minutes or less (monitor from time to time).
  • Take out the plate, take the Wrap at your fingertips in the corners and shake it, the wax will harden very quickly, and then place it flat on a table.

And there you have it, no more packaging for the cheese maker and others. With your reusable beeswax wrappers, you can wrap children’s snacks, sandwiches, pieces of bread, started fruits and vegetables, cheese, butter, etc. In fact everything you want, except the meat.And you can also use them to cover your containers, to avoid aluminum foil and cellophane-like stretch film.

Small tips:

For it to take the shape well, heat the paper a little in your hands and apply it on your containers or close it and fold it over the contents.For maintenance, wash in cold water or with a little soap or dishwashing liquid, and leave to dry flat.

What’s the point?

Bee’s wraps are used to cover dishes, wrap food (fruits, vegetables, cakes, cheeses, etc.), and transport picnics. And this without waste, since the beeswax packaging is washable.

How it works?

The warmth of your hands softens the wax soaked in the fabric, which can then adhere to itself or to the dish you want to cover. As it cools, it keeps its shape.Once used, just wash the bee wrap in cold water and off you go for a ride.

Simplicity for an anti-waste and zero waste attitudes!

Each ingredient plays a crucial role in the preservation of food and the physical properties of the packaging:

The beeswax operculum (the purest of the hive) allows the beeswax packaging to be closed by adhesion and by stiffening when it cools. It is anti-bacterial, waterproof and keeps food safe in a tightly closed environment. You can go for the beeswax wraps there.

Pine resin (organic) has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It is also this which allows the fabric to adhere to the dishes.

Jojoba oil is anti-bacterial, antifungal, and insecticidal. It extends the life of the bee wrap by keeping it more malleable when cold.

Cotton breathes and lets air pass in order to better preserve food.