Beeswax growing calendar

5 regions tracked across tropical and southern and northern hemispheres. 4 critical weather-sensitive windows globally.

Annual cycle by region

Each row tracks one production region across the calendar year. Amber bars mark critical weather-sensitive windows where yield outcomes are determined.

PLANTINGVEGETATIVECRITICAL / FLOWERINGHARVEST
Region
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
East Africa
West Africa
Southeast Asia
South America
Europe

Why these windows matter

Beeswax yields are determined disproportionately during a small number of weather-sensitive windows. Across the 5 production regions tracked here, 4 windows show outsized sensitivity to rainfall, temperature, or storm damage. Buyers who track these windows can position contracts ahead of price moves driven by yield uncertainty.

The calendar above is structural, not predictive — it shows where and when beeswax grows under normal conditions. Weather anomalies (El Niño, La Niña, regional droughts) shift these windows by weeks and compound across regions. ATLAS tracks these anomalies in its supply-risk data and surfaces them on the beeswax risk surface.

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