The History of Honey as Medicine
Learn about the healing history of honey as medicine, how it can improve your health and how to know you’re buying sustainable products. The post The History of Honey as Medicine appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Sustainability of Bee Products
How can you use propolis? Royal jelly? Pollen? Check out this great post on the sustainability of bee products. The post The Sustainability of Bee Products appeared first on Keeping Backyard Bees.
View ArticleElderberry Syrup
This syrup made of honey and elderberries is a great boost to your immune system and respiratory health. The post Elderberry Syrup appeared first on Keeping Backyard Bees.
View ArticleReasons for Hive Inspections
Each time I open the hive, I risk injuring or killing the queen. Each time I open the hive I set the hive back. The bees have to repair what I messed up! When I first started as a backyard bee keeper I...
View ArticleTop 7 Reasons for Cranky Bees
Cranky Bees. They are one of the worst nightmares of a beekeeper. Cranky bees are not enjoyable to keep. They have aggressive tendencies and are overprotective of the hive. Often when you have cranky...
View ArticleFrom Which Plant Did Your Honey Come?
Honey comes from bees right? Well, sort of. It could be said that honey actually comes from plants and that bees are the manufacturers that turn pollen and nectar into honey. Behind every drop of honey...
View ArticleTaste of Honey
Good raw unpasteurized honey tastes very different from the plastic clover honey bear that you purchase at the supermarket. I compare it to processed cheese vs. a home made varietal cheese. Honey bears...
View ArticleBee-Friendly Beauty Tips
Visiting more than 2 million flowers to produce a single pound of honey, bees are some of the hardest workers on our planet—and quite possibly nature’s best cosmetologists. These wondrous winged...
View ArticleBeeswax Citrus Soap
I am experimenting with different varieties of handmade soap and I love orange flavor, and recently made some citrus soap bars. They turned out great, so wanted to share this variation using the base...
View ArticleHoney vs. Sugar
It’s an old story that sweeteners can be bad for our health if we use them excessively, but the question is which one is better for our health – sugar or honey – considering that at the end of the day...
View Article6 Amazing Benefits of Honey for Your Face and Skin
Bees are some of nature’s biggest miracle workers. They support the worldwide agriculture industry, help plants pollinate each year and keep the world running by flying around with their tiny fuzzy...
View ArticleLocal, Raw, Pure or Natural Honey?
Sometimes it feels like you need to be a lawyer or a chemist to really understand what you’re buying from the grocery store. Wouldn’t it be nice if food was just food and we could read a label and take...
View ArticleBeeswax Uses for Around the Home
We all know that beeswax makes great candles, but did you know that it has many household uses? This is especially true in the movement away from commercially-made cosmetics and cleaning products....
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