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Upcycled Bee Boxes

The days are long and hot, and the kids are out of school. If you’re looking for a project idea, a great place to get inspiration is BRING's Planet Improvement Center....

Soap Making: Saponification and SAP Values

Saponification is the chemical process that turns fat into soap by combining the fats with either potassium hydroxide (KOH) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH) also known as lye. Potassium hydroxide and...

Blackberry Honey-Vanilla Ice Cream

Hot Summer days are perfect for eating ice cream, but let’s be real--every day is the perfect day when it comes to eating ice cream! The only thing we can...

Natural Insect Repellent

Here are some essential oil blends that will all work to repel those pesky mosquitoes. Really, you could combine all of the essential oils into one blend, but all of those...

Happy International Chocolate Day! To celebrate this day, we have added antioxidant-packed dark chocolate chunks to a naturally sweetened zucchini bread that is baked to perfection. This deliciously moist zucchini bread...

Beekeeping Saves Lives

Imagine each day having to walk miles to get drinkable water from a well to sustain your family—a family devastated by poverty and the horrors of HIV. This was the...

Peppermint Beeswax Lip Balm

If you follow our blog or have made any variation of the crafting recipes that we post, you'll most likely already have everything you need to make your own lip...

Red, White & Blue Honey Pops

Beat the heat this summer with these simple homemade red, white and blue ice pops. A great addition to your 4th of July picnic or backyard bash, these coconut-berry patriotic...

Summer Nectar Flow in the Pacific Northwest

The type of nectar and pollen that bees collect will determine the color, flavor and grade of the honey they produce. The amount of nectar and pollen available for honey...

Save The Bee Beer Soap

Recently, Oakshire Brewing Company made a special Save the Bee beer for us. While the beer is delicious to drink, the soap makers among us got other ideas. We decided to whip...

Grilled Habanero Honey Pineapple

Happy first day of summer - time to pull out the grill for cookouts and outdoor entertaining! While the grill is fired up, throw on some pineapple for a unique...

Stacked for Sweetness – Adding A Honey Super

To Swarm Or Not To Swarm Tim got his package of live honey bees, placed them in the single deep brood box and couldn’t wait to get his hands on...

Pre-Shave Oil (Perfect for Father’s Day)

Father's Day is just around the corner and what better way to tell dad you love him than with a homemade gift that he can use every day? This pre-shave...

Upcycled Bee Boxes

Soap Making: Saponification and SAP Values

Blackberry Honey-Vanilla Ice Cream

Natural Insect Repellent

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Beekeeping Saves Lives

Peppermint Beeswax Lip Balm

Red, White & Blue Honey Pops

Summer Nectar Flow in the Pacific Northwest

Save The Bee Beer Soap

Grilled Habanero Honey Pineapple

Stacked for Sweetness – Adding A Honey Super

Pre-Shave Oil (Perfect for Father’s Day)

The Honey Experts