Complex sentence: There was also a high demand for beeswax for candles, especially from the pre-reformation churches, cathedrals and abbeys; tithes and rents were often paid in honey and/or beeswax, or even bee swarms.
Split into simpler sentences: There was also a high demand for beeswax for candles, especially from the pre-reformation churches, cathedrals and abbeys. Tithes and rents were often paid in honey and/or beeswax, or even bee swarms.