The Honeybee balm is a healing hydrating balm for all your skin, face, lips, hands and heels and everything in between!
I made the Balm for my mother. I was caring for her and the doctors kept giving her lotion full of chemicals that did nothing to heal her skin. As I was walking onto my apiary, I decided that I could do better with all my bee products.
Just a few perfect ingredients make up the balm, Royal Jelly, Pollen, Propolis, Honey, Beeswax and Organic Sunflower seed Oil.
And so the Honeybee Balm was born out of necessity and love for my mother!
Buzz on!
Propolis is one of the most magical substances that the bees produce. The bees fly around to all the trees and shrubs locally and collect sap to line their hive with. It prevents mold from forming, because it is antibiotic, anti microbial and antifungal. My toner is made from my propolis that I collect from my hives and a local organic maize alcohol for the tincture, which I mix with my mountain water that I have distilled. It is constantly changing with whatever sap the bees can bring back to the hive, and it smells and tastes like tree sap! I use the toner to reduce bacteria on my skin and in my mouth. I always spray it into my...
About 9 years ago, my car didn't start and I wanted to go skiing, so I walked out to the end of my driveway in full ski gear and stuck my thumb out. A lovely young woman picked me up in her ramshackle jeep, and we drove up to Taos ski valley. On the way up we began talking and getting to know each other, and I mentioned my bees and she said she had been cleansing her face with honey for many years. I was amazed that she had used honey for cleansing, she raved about it. So, thank you young woman, for opening my eyes to the healing and cleansing properties of honey once again. We cream our...
I am leaving for about 10 days to recharge, see family and have a vacation with my grown son.
Just taking a moment to recharge my batteries and get ready for the summer season.
Buzzing on!
I caught a swarm! I came home the other day and was walking around my property and into my orchard and noticed all the bees swirling around in the air and the hives. I realized that the bees had just left their hive and were about to settle somewhere and that was when I could catch them and rehive the whole cluster of bees. When the queen decides to move, she lays some eggs in queen cells and when they are capped, she takes about half the bees and leaves the hive. They settle somewhere usually close by, and some bees go in search of a new home. I have found that when they settle I have about an hour...
