# Wiping with Beeswax polish inside the hive

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405>\
**Category:** Modifications & Building Bee Hives\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405 "2019-03-28T00:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon63823775](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon63823775](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/anon63823775)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405/1 "2019-03-28T00:33:08Z")

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Since I don’t hav the facility to dip my hives in wax, I was wondering whether I can wipe the hives inside with Beeswax furniture polish like Glitz, which says it is non toxic. There must be some hydrocarbon in it I guess, but I imagine it will soon evaporate if you air it for a few weeks or months.

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**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405/2 "2019-03-28T00:36:23Z")

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Please don’t do anything to the inside of your hives. The bees will do it all, and they prefer their methods to ours. Please. Please. 😊

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**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405/3 "2019-03-28T00:48:30Z")

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Yes I absolutely agree with @Dawn_SD, there’s no need to do anything to the inside of a hive.

The outside of my flow hive is painted white. The inside is wrc, unpainted & looks amazing. I’m the only one who sees that, but I don’t care.

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**Author:** ![anon63823775](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon63823775](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/anon63823775)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405/4 "2019-03-28T00:57:15Z")

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Great. I thought that might be the case.

My new hive is ready to swap with my old one then.

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**Author:** ![Gerald\_Nickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/gerald_nickel/32/1910_2.png) [@Gerald\_Nickel](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Gerald_Nickel)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/wiping-with-beeswax-polish-inside-the-hive/21405/5 "2019-03-28T02:19:07Z")

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Greeting,

Two words: “No Way” — Bad Idea ! Never never use anything like that inside your hive ! Your introductioning a unhealthy foreign product where it diffinately don’t belong. I’m Guessing you get my drift n that of others who have been around the Beekeeping bend a few years.

Good luck 🍀 n enjoy Beekeeping but please keep stuff out of the inner sanctum of your hives.

Cheers bro,  
Gerald