GloryBee Blog

GloryBee Provides Homes for New Seasons Newest Workers

Things are abuzz at New Seasons Market. Today, the activity was on the rooftop as the Portland-based grocer introduced colonies of honeybees to hives placed on the roof of its...

Listen to GloryBee’s Alan Turanski on The Wake Up Call

Our Vice President Alan Turanski was recently interviewed by The Wake Up Call Morning Show hosted by Rob Holloway and Bill Lundun. They discussed how you can get started beekeeping,...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Colony Check – All is Well!

My eight year old son joined me to check on our three hives as the weather was sunny and warm enough to check on the queen and the brood. It...

School Garden Project of Lane County

As part of Aunt Patty’s Social Initiatives commitment, we are inspired to donate 1% of annual retail sales to “Healthy Living” initiatives. Aunt Patty’s was founded on Pat Turanski’s (co-founder...

Keep an eye out for Aunt Patty’s New Trucks

To our Pacific Northwest customers: Keep an eye out for our newly rebranded Aunt Patty’s delivery trucks! Aunt Patty’s began in 1983 with her popular blackstrap molasses and today, her...

GloryBee Wins Premier Employer Award

GloryBee was recently awarded the NWFPA/Hitachi Foundation Premier Employer Award. Read the award article below or download the attached PDF at the bottom of this entry to see the original....

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Feed supply for my Hives

I've been waiting for a sunny day to check the feed supply for my three hives. It's important to make sure that your hives have enough to eat if their...

Fizzy Bath Bombs

Ingredients: 1 Cup Citric Acid 2 Cups Baking Soda 3 TBSP Carrier Oil of your choice Spray Bottle with Water Fragrance Oil Colorant Soap or Applique Molds Instructions: In a...

Smooth and Silky Body Powder

1 cup organic cornstarch 1 cup arrowroot powder Fragrance oil or essential oils Skin-Safe Glitter Instructions: In a large bowl, mix cornstarch and arrowroot powders together. Add a little fine...

Bee Chronicles by Alan – Working the Bees

The main purpose of working the bees today was to attempt to weaken the packaged bee hive and give it more space while in turn strengthening the swarm hive. First...

Supplies needed: Soy Pillar Blend Wax Your choice of Fragrance or Essential Oils Pine Cones Pan lined with foil or wax paper Colorant (Optional) Berries, leaves, cinnamon sticks (optional) Instructions:...

GloryBee receives RE:Think Certification

GloryBee announced today that they have been awarded RE:Think certification from Bring Recycling as a testament to their commitment to conserve natural resources and reducing waste. The RE:Think award was...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – API VAR Mite Kill

I was checking my API VAR my second week of application and I noticed at that time I had a significant mite kill (see picture) in one week, the API...

GloryBee Provides Homes for New Seasons Newest Workers

Listen to GloryBee’s Alan Turanski on The Wake Up Call

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Colony Check – All is Well!

School Garden Project of Lane County

Keep an eye out for Aunt Patty’s New Trucks

GloryBee Wins Premier Employer Award

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Feed supply for my Hives

Fizzy Bath Bombs

Smooth and Silky Body Powder

Bee Chronicles by Alan – Working the Bees

Scented Soy Pine Cones

GloryBee receives RE:Think Certification

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – API VAR Mite Kill

The Honey Experts