An insect repelling device comprising a container and a mixture. The container comprises a bottom wall, a side wall, and optionally a removable lid adapted to receive the side wall. The mixture can comprise paraffin wax and an insect repelling ingredient extracted from Maclura pomifera. The container contains the mixture. The insect repelling ingredient extracted from Maclura pomifera can comprise elemol. The insect repelling ingredient extracted from Maclura pomifera can comprise a stilbene. The stilbene can comprise 2′, 3, 4′, 5-tetrahydroxy-stilbene. The insect repelling ingredient can comprise Maclura pomifera, such as the fruit of Maclura pomifera, the essential oil extract of Maclura pomifera, or the wood of Maclura pomifera. The mixture can comprise a wax, such as of bayberry wax, bees wax, Chinese wax, Japan wax, ozokerite, or rice bran wax. A method of repelling insects using an embodiment of the insect repelling device.
