The rewards of beekeeping extend far beyond just honey. Bees create more bountiful gardens and orchards for you and your surrounding community. In addition, they provide excellent health supplements like...
Can Eating Organic Help Save the Bee?
The honey bee is in trouble. Last winter 44% of managed honey bee colonies didn’t make it through the winter. Commercial honey bee colonies are managed by professional beekeepers who...
Getting down and dirty with the school garden project
To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. There is something satisfying about tilling the earth and growing your own food. With the rapid...
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...
Top 5 Ways to Get Your Kids Excited About Beekeeping
Many beekeepers are interested in introducing their children to beekeeping. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage in an activity the whole family can enjoy, all while creating an interest...
Want to Become a Beekeeper?
Beekeeping is an enjoyable endeavor which can be a fun hobby or a rewarding way to supplement your income. There are many reasons to become a beekeeper including pollinating your...
Australian Blue-Banded Bees are Heavy Metal Fans?
Some very interesting (and amusing) video from RMIT University in Melbourne Australia. Researchers used high speed video to capture how Australian blue-banded bees pollinate flowers compared to other bees. Turns...
Food Company Sweetens Pollinator Week for Customers and Honey Bees
Eugene, Ore. – In support of National Pollinator Week, family-owned natural foods company, GloryBee®, is partnering with retailers throughout Oregon and Washington to engage in honey promotions highlighting the importance...
Oregon State’s Bee Research Gets Sweet Boost From Local Company
Eugene, Ore. – On April 10, at GloryBee’s Annual Bee Weekend, Alan Turanski, GloryBee President, and RaeJean Wilson, Senior Executive Vice President, presented a $44,538 check to the Oregon State...
Save the Bee 5k – April 25th
A run in partnership with GloryBee, dedicated to our favorite pollinators with ALL proceeds going to Save the Bee programs. Honey bees pollinate more than 100 essential food crops, as...
Bee Weekend 2014
The 39th Annual Bee Weekend Hosted by GloryBee Foods Location: 29548 Airport Rd, Eugene, OR 97402 Would you like to purchase bees? Give us a call at 1-800-456-7923. On Friday...
GloryBee Partners with PCC Natural Markets to Help Save the Bee
Eugene, Ore. – GloryBee, a family-owned natural foods company, expanded its sustainability efforts in 2012 by launching its “Save the Bee” initiative, a program dedicated to increasing bee research and...
Quartz: Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought
Todd Woody at Quartz.com has a great article on the causes of CCD. This is near mandatory reading for beekeepers or anybody concerned with our disappearing pollinators. [T]he mysterious mass...