How to Make Whipped Honey
Whipped honey is a delicious treat that is easy to make! You can turn your crystalized honey into a decadent spread for crackers, bread, or yogurt. All you need is honey, a stand or electric hand mixer, and some patience.
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How to Make Tallow Lip Balm: Wild Reid Ranch’s Recipe
Tallow makes a great base for lip balm, it is rich and moisturizing. This recipe uses tallow and beeswax from animals on our farm. This simple lip balm will be your new favorite!
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5 Ways to Lead Like a Queen Bee
How a queen bee leads may surprise you, she is a queen unlike many others. Taking notes on the leadership attributes of the colony matriarch will ensure unity, productivity, and resource management that will ensure the success of future generations.
How to Render Beeswax from Wax Cappings
If you are a bee keeper, you can save the wax cappings from your honey harvest and render them down into pure beeswax. The process of heating and filtering the wax is shown and discussed. Use your beeswax for making skincare products, candles, and more!
How to Make Sugar Bricks for the Winter Feeding of HoneyBees
In cold climates, winter feeding of honeybees can help increase your chances of over-wintering success. Here is our recipe for sugar bricks that are fed in a top feeder/ quilt box in the winter months in Michigan. Make these bricks and allow them to harden and dry fully before feeding.
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The Best Homemade Lip Balm Recipe
If you want to make your own lip balm with nourishing, natural ingredients, you have come to the right place. Not only is this lip balm recipe tried and true, it is also fun and easy to make! Ditch the store brands and make your own lip balm with beeswax, shea butter, and oils.