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...
This past winter was low snow and warmer than normal. I was not happy, as I love to ski, but my bees are happy. The bees are so happy with the warm weather, and they came out of their hibernation and are buzzing with gay abandon!
I'm beyond happy that I didn't lose any hives this winter, which is really amazing as most bee keepers do lose some hives every winter. I left my hives with lots of honeycomb so that they wouldn't run out of food stores, and would come out of the winter with vigor and a growing population.
A spring special, Limited time only...just like the Bloom!
The trees are popping right now and I have a special treat for you, a fresh blossom in a 1 oz tin of Honeybee Balm!
These won't last long @ $25 each.
Enjoy the fresh feel of spring and nurture your skin at the same time!
Polar bears aren’t the only ones getting screwed by our rapidly shifting climate. Bees are seriously struggling with climate change—as if they didn’t have enough problems already. Because they're tiny insects, bees aren't widely addressed as one of the potentially devastating casualties of climate change, but we should all be paying closer attention. It’s well known that without bees, humans would be in big trouble. Just imagine your local grocery store—even a produce palace like Whole Foods—with a virtually barren produce section. That’s what's at risk if we lose the bees—a whopping percentage of our global food supply. And let's be honest, bees already have a loaded plate. As they continue dealing...
