Candlemas Candles
Candlemas and Twelfth Night. Have you already taken down your Christmas decorations? In some parts of the world, it is considered unlucky to leave them…
Candlemas and Twelfth Night. Have you already taken down your Christmas decorations? In some parts of the world, it is considered unlucky to leave them…
Beeswax Wraps Part 2: A Perfect, Eco-friendly Product. Consider a product that is environmentally friendly, 100% natural, biodegradable, sustainable, easy to use and capable of…
Beeswax Wraps Part 1: The Problem with Plastic. It has been estimated that the average Australian family disposes of more than 60 kilograms of plastic…
The Barberini Bees. Originally from the small Tuscan town of Barberino Val d’Elsa, the Barberini family moved to the regional metropolis of Florence in the…
Mad Honey Part 3: A Perilous Tradition. Legend has it that the Gurung (or Tamu) people were once a nomadic tribe that crossed Tibet before…
Small doses of mad honey can induce an ’exhilarating, relaxing, invigorating euphoria mixed with a sense of calm contentedness’ or a ‘soothing sense of inebriation’, together with (reputedly) enhanced sexual performance.
Mad Honey Part 1: The Biggest Honey Bee. This extraordinary tale has all the requisite ingredients of a Steven Spielberg blockbuster: an elusive creature whose…
The Three Days of Darkness, Beeswax Candles. Over the past few months, I am sure that most of our daily rituals have adjusted in a…
Thermoregulation of the Honey Bee Colony It is unsurprising that the honey bee caste system has been described as a “superorganism”. The colony itself is…