Pure Beeswax Candles
Beeswax Colors
Since we are a small operation with just a few hives, we purchase wax from other beekeepers to provide most of the wax that we use for our 100% pure beeswax candles. For a while, I was trying to use Read more…
Pure Beeswax Candles
Tealights – Metal or Plastic Cups?
When I first started making tealights, I used clear plastic (polycarbonate) cups, because they were readily available and I liked the all around glow that they produced. As yogis, we are constantly using tealights during our daily meditations – burning Read more…
Personal Care Products
Open For Bees-ness
When we first started the Buddha And The Bees website back in 2013, it was a place for Don to blog about his love of bees and beekeeping. While honey was the main product for consumption from the hive, we Read more…
Bee Products
Comb Honey
One of the things I like about top bar hives is watching the bees build new comb in thin air. I give the bees a bar with a guide on it and they work their magic – building comb down Read more…
Bees
The lost swarm
Last month, I got a call about a swarm from a bee tree (a tree with a colony of wild bees). The bee tree had already thrown a primary swarm the week before and this was a secondary. Secondary swarms Read more…
Education
In other health news…
With all the COVID-19 stuff going on, I thought I’d write a post about my non-coronavirus health issue as a distraction. Last night, I was sitting around and noticed that I had a dark floater in my left eye. I’ve Read more…