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Scented Soy Pine Cones

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...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles-Feeding Bees in Preparation for Colder Weather

I decided that as the fall weather was turning colder and I was no longer feeding my bees liquid bee food that I should start giving them different food. I...

California Landmark Initiative to Label GMO Food

GloryBee & Aunt Patty’s brands are proud to donate $10,000 to Yes on Prop 37. As a family owned company, we value the importance of healthy living and believe it...

Molding Figures with Latex Molds

These easy-to-use latex molds are a fun and economical way to create detailed soaps and beeswax figurines. Trace open end of mold on piece of thick cardboard. Cut shape 1/8"...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Inspecting for Honey Harvest

About a week and a half prior to preparing for honey extraction, I wanted to see what kind of honey harvest I was going to get. As you can see...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Fall Bee Treatment

What is happening: The honey supers are all off of the hives and I am down to two deep supers for brood chambers on all three hives. What I am...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Bees & Wax

What is happening: I went into my "Swarm hive" and noticed the entire upper box was filled with honey (no brood) so I checked the bottom box and identified eggs...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Honey Extracting Party

We recently had a honey extracting party at my parents home. The beautiful sweet honey you see pictured is some of the fruits from the bees. My wife and sons...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Oh Sweet Honey!

I decided to check on the swarm hive that I captured recently to see how they were as I had added a honey super. I noticed that the bees were...

Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Beekeepers Visit

My son and I recently paid a visit my friend Paul to check out how his bees were doing and see if he needed any assistance with his bees. Paul...

Spicy Hot Chocolate

1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 2 cups milk, almond milk, or rice milk 2 tablespoons honey or...

The Honey Experts