Posts by Little Bee of Connectitcut
Chronicles From The Hive: IT’S HARVEST TIME!!!
At Little Bee of Connecticut, we harvest our honey twice a year. Once in mid-June and again in mid-September. We just completed our last harvest of the year this past weekend. I thought it would be the perfect time to show everyone how we get that golden goodness direct from the hives and straight to…
Read MoreChronicles from the Hive: Da Bears!
The world is full of famous proverbs. Like “No use crying over spilt milk” or “Laughter is the best medicine”. Beekeeping is no different. Two of the most common I’ve heard over the years are “Ask 10 beekeepers and you’ll get 11 answers” or “It’s not a matter of if but when bears find your…
Read More10 Fascinating Facts About Our Little Honey Bees
If you follow us on Facebook and Instagram, you’ll see many posts highlighting the fascinating aspects of our favorite pollinator, the honey bee. We want to take a closer look at this amazing little creature and provide some perhaps not-so-common facts that we hope will interest and astound you. After all, without the honey bee,…
Read MoreNourish Your Skin with Little Bee Body Scrubs and Skin Salves
Your skin is a pretty big deal. And we mean that literally because your skin is the biggest organ you have! It’s a watertight, airtight packaging that carries you from infancy to adulthood, (hopefully in a pretty-enough package to turn some heads), while simultaneously regulating your temperature and providing immune defenses. Woah, right? You owe…
Read MoreThe Beauty and Individuality Behind Fragrance and Little Bee of CT Solid Perfumes
Odds are, at some point in your life, you’ve asked a perfect stranger which perfume they were wearing because it caught your attention as they passed by. More likely than not, when you got home you purchased the same perfume for yourself and couldn’t wait for it to arrive so you could dab it on…
Read MoreA Simple and Meaningful Celebration
We were supposed to be on safari and flying over the Serengeti desert in a hot air balloon for my parent’s 50th anniversary this year. When COVID-19 struck we knew immediately that our very special experience which had been in the works for 2 years was not going to be possible. Fortunately, the virus has…
Read MoreChronicles from the Hive
Now that the efforts of our #No Mow May are being enjoyed by our little honey bees, and many other creatures that thrive on wildflowers and grasses, they are in full honey production! We thought it would be fun to give you some insider information on the world of bees in our hives. It’s almost…
Read MoreJoin or Create a ‘Pollinator Pathway’ in your Town!
Ready to have your mind blown? Bees and other pollinators are secretly traveling on their very own “highways” called Pollinator Pathways. Okay, maybe it’s not that big a secret to those of you in the know. But for many of you, this is big and exciting news! Are you aware that there are probably Pollinator…
Read More#NoMowMay: Give Yourself and the Bees a Break this May
We’ve all heard that “April showers bring May flowers”, right? All of that April rain (or if you live in CT… snow and sleet!) has really made the trees, and our lawns, come alive. Many of you have probably even done your first full lawn mow of the year because the grass is pushing up…
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