Urban homesteading, urban farming, and urban beekeeping… whatever you call it many families are interested in raising their own food again. From vegetable gardens and fruit trees, to raising your...
Cruelty-Free – A Small Action To make A Big Difference
As consumers who have become more aware of the impact our purchases can have, many of us are beginning to wonder how we can use our spending dollars to make a...
When is a compostable spoon REALLY a compostable spoon?
Local landfills are filling up. Garbage incineration wastes precious energy and produces toxic fly ash. It’s becoming harder and harder to find safe and sustainable waste disposal options. Composting provides...
The Top 3 reasons to bike to work
Today is national “Bike to Work Day 2017”. Established in 1956 by the League of American Bicyclists, National Bike to Work Day is an opportunity to reconnect with those feelings...
GloryBee Introduces New honey – Made by Bees, for Bees
Honey bees are dying off at an alarming rate. No single reason has been discovered for these tragic bee losses. There are many possible causes, like loss of habitat, toxic...
Boxes and Blossoms – Packages of Bees inspire backyard creativity
reBees make more than honey—they help plants develop seeds. Fruits and vegetables need pollination--honey bees are the perfect workers for the job! If you recently picked up your packages of...
Honey Production in Mexico is supporting the Bees and protecting small family coffee farms
In the 1990’s a co-op of coffee-farming families was formed in Chiapas, Mexico as a means to protest the unjust atrocities oppressing the people. With the help of local churches,...
How to compost and three reasons to start today
Composting is the earth’s way to recycle nutrients from food scraps to create food for plants. In the cycle of life, nutrients keep us going. Starting a backyard compost pile...
GloryBee’s 3rd annual SAVE the BEE 5K brings central Oregonians together to protect our pollinators
In the last 40 years, honey bees have been struggling and populations are declining. Changing climate patterns, herbicides and pesticides, and genetic modification of crops are thought to be potential...
Earth-Friendly Work Breaks- GloryBee partners with CAFETO to offer employees Sustainable Coffee
At GloryBee, serving our community and protecting our environment are central to our business philosophy. This mission extends deeper than the products and services we offer to our health-conscious customers....
4 Ways to be Green for St. Patty’s Day
On St. Patrick’s Day everyone’s a little Irish, and there’s no better time to take action and make the world a little more green. Don’t leave the health of our...
Thanks to our 2016 Save The Bee Partners
At GloryBee, we work hard to support the ecosystem that brings us honey. Since our very early days, we’ve been focused on bee health as core to our business and...
Plant these to SAVE the BEES
Why do we need to save the bees? In the 1980’s honey bees began to die off at alarming rates. Scientists diagnosed this tragic phenomenon as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)....