Product Overview
Tall Honeycomb Bee & Flower Silicone Candle Mold
Create a compact, taller-profile candle with detailed honeycomb, bee, and flower texture
The Tall Honeycomb Bee & Flower Silicone Candle Mold is a reusable flexible silicone mold that produces a decorative pillar candle approximately 2.72 inches high × 1.94 inches wide. Its detailed candle-forming surface combines honeycomb cells, a honey bee, flowers, and surrounding texture in a relatively tall, narrow shape.
Lappe's Bee Supply has used this mold with beeswax and found that pouring slowly, gently tapping the mold after pouring, allowing the candle to cool completely, and carefully peeling the silicone away during demolding can make an important difference in how well the small decorative details reproduce.
Product Specifications
- Product: Tall Honeycomb Bee & Flower Silicone Candle Mold
- SKU: CNDL-6569-101
- Mold material: Flexible silicone
- Mold dimensions: Approximately 2.80 inches high × 2.28 inches wide
- Finished candle dimensions: Approximately 2.72 inches high × 1.94 inches wide
- Design: Honeycomb cells, honey bee, flowers, and surrounding molded texture
- Confirmed wax use: Beeswax
- What's Included: 1 Tall Honeycomb Bee & Flower Silicone Candle Mold
- Not Included: Beeswax, wick, and other candle-making supplies
Use the finished candle dimensions when deciding whether the candle will fit a box, gift set, display, or other planned arrangement. The exterior mold dimensions are not the same as the dimensions of the finished candle.
What Does “Tall” Mean?
“Tall” describes this mold's proportions compared with the related Honeycomb Bee & Flower Pillar Silicone Candle Mold. It does not mean that the finished candle is a large pillar overall. This mold produces a relatively compact candle approximately 2.72 inches high × 1.94 inches wide.
The related Honeycomb Bee & Flower Pillar Silicone Candle Mold produces an approximately 2.45-inch-high × 2.24-inch-wide candle. Choose between the two based on the finished proportions you want: this Tall version is taller and narrower, while the related Pillar version is shorter and wider.
Making a Beeswax Candle with This Silicone Mold
This mold works especially well with beeswax when the pour is controlled carefully. Because the cavity contains numerous small honeycomb cells and raised bee and flower features, trapped air can interrupt recognizable decorative details that would be less noticeable on a plain-sided candle.
- Center and secure the wick before pouring.
- Prepare the beeswax and candle-making equipment.
- Pour the wax slowly and in a controlled manner.
- Gently tap the mold to help release trapped air and encourage wax into the detailed areas.
- Check the wick alignment before the wax becomes too firm to correct easily.
- Allow the candle to cool completely and become firm throughout.
- If beeswax contraction creates a depression around the wick, use a small topping pour when needed.
- Demold by gently peeling the flexible silicone away from the candle rather than forcefully pulling the candle from the mold.
Lappe's Bee Supply rule of thumb: Don't rush the pour, and don't rush the release. Taking additional time during filling helps wax reach the detailed cavity, while complete cooling and gentle demolding help protect the finished honeycomb, bee, and flower features.
If the same defect repeatedly appears in the same location after pouring technique, trapped air, cooling, and handling have been ruled out, inspect the corresponding area of the mold for residue, damage, distortion, or deterioration.
Choosing a Wick for the Finished Candle
The approximately 1.94-inch finished candle width is useful as a starting point for wick selection, but it does not establish one universally correct wick. Wax formulation, wick construction, fragrance, dye or other additives, and the actual burn characteristics of the finished candle can all affect wick performance.
Test-burn the finished wax-and-wick combination rather than assuming candle diameter alone determines the correct wick. This is especially important when changing wax formulations or adding fragrance, dye, or other ingredients.
What You'll Need for Candle Making
This is a candle-forming mold rather than a complete candle-making setup. Before starting your project, have the appropriate candle wax, wick, wax melting and pouring equipment, and any additional supplies required by your chosen candle formulation.
Depending on your candle-making project, Lappe's Bee Supply carries beeswax blocks, beeswax/paraffin blend candle wax, coconut wax, palm wax flakes, and other candle-making equipment and supplies.
Cooling and Demolding
The candle's exterior can appear firm while the interior remains warmer and softer, so allow it to become completely firm throughout before demolding. With beeswax, contraction around the wick can create a depression during cooling; use a small topping pour when needed.
Cleaning and Storing the Silicone Candle Mold
After the candle and mold have cooled, gently flex the silicone to peel or flake away residual wax. Check the small honeycomb, bee, and flower areas where wax residue can remain.
When additional cleaning is needed:
- Hand wash with warm water and a small amount of mild dish soap.
- Use a soft cloth, sponge, or soft-bristled brush on detailed areas.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Allow the mold to dry completely before storage.
Avoid knives, picks, metal scrapers, abrasive scouring pads, and other sharp or rough tools that could cut or puncture the silicone. Avoid harsh cleaning chemicals or strong solvents unless they are specifically approved for silicone.
Store the clean, dry mold in its natural shape in a cool, dry location. Keep it away from direct sunlight, excessive heat, crushing, folding, tight packing, and heavy objects that could distort the mold. Protect the cavity from dust and debris during extended storage.
When Should a Silicone Candle Mold Be Replaced?
Judge this mold by its condition and performance rather than by a predetermined number of pours or years. Slight discoloration, staining, or other cosmetic changes do not automatically make the mold unusable.
Inspect the mold more closely if you notice enlarging tears, cuts or punctures in the candle-forming surface, permanent stretching or distortion, deteriorating decorative surfaces, increasingly poor release, or the same mold-related defect appearing repeatedly in finished candles.
Temporary compression does not require replacement when the silicone returns fully to its intended shape and continues producing properly shaped candles. For cuts, punctures, or tears that extend into the candle-forming surface, replacement is generally preferable to a permanent repair because repair material can alter the cavity and transfer an unwanted seam, bump, or texture to future candles.
Lappe's Bee Supply practical sequence: Clean and troubleshoot first, inspect the mold, continue using it when the condition is cosmetic or nonfunctional, and replace it when physical deterioration begins affecting candle shape, decorative detail, reliable release, or repeatability.
Is This Candle Mold Right for Your Project?
Choose this mold when you want a compact decorative candle with taller, narrower proportions and prominent bee, honeycomb, and flower detail. The approximately 1.94-inch finished width can also be useful when horizontal space matters in packaging, displays, gift sets, or arrangements.
This mold can be used by beginning candle makers, but reproducing the smaller honeycomb, bee, and flower details consistently may take some practice with pouring, tapping, cooling, and demolding.
For a shorter and broader candle with a similar theme, compare the Honeycomb Bee & Flower Pillar Silicone Candle Mold. For other decorative formats, consider the Honey Bee Pillar Silicone Candle Mold or the Square Honeycomb Pillar Candle Silicone Mold. If you prefer a smooth, minimally decorated pillar, the Classic Pillar Silicone Candle Mold provides a different design direction.
Frequently Asked Questions
What size candle does the Tall Honeycomb Bee & Flower Silicone Candle Mold make?
The mold produces a finished candle approximately 2.72 inches high × 1.94 inches wide. Use these finished dimensions, rather than the exterior mold dimensions, when checking packaging, displays, gift sets, or other project-fit requirements.
Can I use beeswax in this silicone candle mold?
Yes. Lappe's Bee Supply has used this mold successfully with beeswax. Slow pouring and gentle tapping can help the wax reach the detailed honeycomb, bee, and flower areas.
What wick size should I use?
The approximately 1.94-inch finished width provides a starting point for wick selection, but it does not determine one universally correct wick. Wax formulation, wick construction, fragrance, dye or other additives, and actual burn characteristics can affect the final choice, so test-burn the finished wax-and-wick combination.
How is the Tall mold different from the Honeycomb Bee & Flower Pillar mold?
The Tall mold produces an approximately 2.72-inch-high × 1.94-inch-wide candle. The related Honeycomb Bee & Flower Pillar Silicone Candle Mold produces an approximately 2.45-inch-high × 2.24-inch-wide candle, making the Tall version taller and narrower and the related Pillar version shorter and wider.
Why didn't all of the honeycomb, bee, or flower details come out clearly?
Trapped air or pouring technique can prevent wax from completely filling small detailed areas. Troubleshoot an isolated imperfection first; if the same defect repeatedly appears in exactly the same location, inspect the corresponding mold surface for residue, damage, distortion, or deterioration.
When should I remove the candle from the mold?
Allow the candle to cool completely and become firm throughout before demolding. Once cooled, gently peel the flexible silicone away from the candle instead of forcefully pulling the candle from the mold.
How should I clean and store the mold?
Gently flex away residual wax and, when additional cleaning is needed, hand wash with warm water and mild dish soap using soft cleaning tools. Rinse and dry completely, then store the mold in its natural shape in a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight, excessive heat, folding, crushing, and heavy objects.
How long will the silicone candle mold last?
There is no supported universal number of pours, seasons, or years for this mold. Evaluate useful life by its functional condition: shape recovery, intact candle-forming surfaces, detail reproduction, reliable release, and consistent finished candles matter more than cosmetic discoloration or age alone.
