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The holiday season is upon us, and while this year's gatherings are going to look a bit different, it's still a great time to reflect on all of the things we have to be thankful for. Perhaps this year forced you to pick up some good habits, like keeping in better touch with family and friends, cooking more meals at home together, or even finally getting around to cleaning out that closet and donating items you no longer need or use to those in need of them. As we move into this new season, we encourage you to not lose sight of all the good that has come out of this crazy year. 

While we may not be able to gather as we’d like, we can still enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving feast... 

Beekeeper turns beeswax into holiday ornaments

When Bill Lewis took up beekeeping to earn a merit badge with the Boy Scouts, he never imagined it would become his profession for nearly three decades. 

Lewis went on to become an Eagle Scout, graduate college and work in the aerospace industry. But after 10 years, he became...

It's Autumn! Time for Pumpkin Spice Latte Handmade Beeswax Soap, one of Bill's Bees favorites. Liane creates a delicious blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and real organic pumpkin...enhanced with milk and honey. These lovely soap bars smell and look good enough to eat - but I wouldn't recommend it.Liane personally makes all our handmade beeswax soap bars. She develops her own recipes and uses beeswax and honey produced by our honey bees. She makes soap the old fashioned way, cold process in small 30 bar batches. It's always a mystery to me; I never know what she's going to come up with next. Our Pumpkin...

Oxford meta study finds honey most effective treatment for coughs and colds. By: Rich Haridy Honey was found to be more effective in reducing cough symptoms from mild respiratory infections compared to other usual care interventions – Studio37/Depositphotos A new systematic review and meta-analysis from a trio of University of Oxford researchers is affirming the effectiveness of honey as a first-line treatment for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI). The study suggests antibiotics are ineffective for these kinds of minor coughs and colds, and honey offers superior symptomatic relief according to the evidence gathered to date. It is no newsflash to suggest...