The bright flame of a beeswax candle releases the scent of honey and the nectar of flowers in a honeycomb. When a beeswax candle burns, it emits the same beautiful light spectrum as the sun, along with negative ions that clean the air of dust and fine particles. Negative ions are drawn to positive ions. Positive ions hold on to airborne things like dust, mold and odors; the negative ions latch on to the "contaminated" positive ions and weigh them down. This causes the contaminated positive ions to fall to the ground, cleaning and purifying the air.