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Beehive candle mold

A traditional straw beehive with coiled bands, an arched entrance and a bee above the door. A rigid two-part print.

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3D render of a honey-coloured beehive candle with a bee and an arched door between the two printed halves of its rigid blue and orange mold
Candle wax ~401 g

A beehive candle 85 mm tall and 76 mm across, the classic skep shape: coiled straw bands stacked into a dome, an arched entrance at the foot and a little bee sitting on the front above the door.

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The mold is exactly what our two-part candle mold generator builds for it: two rigid halves with rubber-band grooves, pry pockets and a pour funnel on top. The hive is round, so a seam through its middle releases it cleanly, and the door and the bee face out of the front half. The tool's own seam check finds nothing stuck, and you need no silicone.

Made for beeswax: pour it in pure beeswax and the hive smells of honey before you light it. The zip carries both halves, the beehive master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file for the generator.

Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold halves pulled apart around the candle they cast, not a photo.

Beehive candle mold at a glance: every printed part with its size, print time, filament, print settings and the three steps to use it
How this mold works

What you need

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  • About 216 g of pillar wax: the cavity holds 240 ml
  • A tabbed, primed wick for a 70 mm beeswax candle, about 110 mm long
  • Rubber bands or clamps, and a clip or wick bar across the funnel

How to cast it

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  1. Print both halves as exported. Clamp-strength settings: 4 walls, 40% gyroid infill, no supports.

  2. Drop a tabbed wick into one half so the tab sits on the cavity floor, close the halves and band them along the whole seam.

  3. Clip the wick centred across the pour funnel and pour at 65 to 75 C.

  4. Once the first pour is firm but still warm, top up the funnel. Wax shrinks, and the second pour fills the dip.

  5. Cool fully, open the halves at the pry pockets and trim the wick. Beeswax shrinks more than paraffin, so a second top-up is normal.

Print details

13 h 20 minPrint time
~401 gFilament
2Printed parts
86 × 98 × 106 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
Cast materialCandle wax
Printed parts2
Size (W x D x H)86 x 98 x 106 mm
Print bed needed98 x 45 mm, 107 mm tall
Filament~401 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill40%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: 2 printed parts (STL) + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe
Added2026-09-25
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Questions about this design

Can I pour beeswax into a printed beehive candle mold?

Yes. Beeswax melts at about 62 to 64 C and pours at 70 to 75 C, so print the halves in PETG, which stays firm there, rather than PLA. Beeswax also shrinks more than paraffin, so expect to top up the funnel twice.

Which wick suits a beeswax beehive candle?

Beeswax is dense and needs a larger wick than paraffin at the same width. For this 76 mm hive use a square braid or a cotton wick rated for beeswax at about 70 mm diameter, and test burn one before you pour a batch.

Why does the beehive candle release from a rigid mold?

The hive is round, so a seam through its middle lets each half pull straight off, and the straw bands only run round it, never back under themselves. The door and the bee sit on the front and pull straight out of the front half.

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