"Thank you for your wonderful work with bees, so I can enjoy your honey."  - Sharon,  Grand Junction Colorado

"Bought your Meadowfoam at the Seafood Festival, and I am hooked! THE best honey, ever!" - Sharon, Kalama Washington

 

Thanks to both Sharons!

Monsanto, the massive biotechnology company being blamed for contributing to the dwindling bee population, has bought up one of the leading bee collapse research organizations. Recently banned from Poland with one of the primary reasons being that the company’s genetically modified corn may be devastating the dying bee population, it is evident that Monsanto is under serious fire for their role in the downfall of the vital insects. It is therefore quite apparent why Monsanto bought one of the largest bee research firms on the planet.

 

It can be found in public company reports hosted on mainstream media that Monsanto scooped up the Beeologics firm back in September 2011. During this time the correlation between Monsanto’s GM crops and the bee decline was not explored in the mainstream, and in fact it was hardly touched upon until Polish officials addressed the serious concern amid the monumental ban. Owning a major organization that focuses heavily on the bee collapse and is recognized by the USDA for their mission statement of “restoring bee health and protecting the future of insect pollination” could be very advantageous for Monsanto.

Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/monsanto-bee-collapse-buys-bee-research-firm/#ixzz1sVPrEvdv

Your honey is the BEST!! I have tried others online and locally, but they don't hold a candle to yours. Thank you!!

 

Thanks a lot Jackie!

 

 

(NaturalNews) Early last year, leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper exposed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) illegitimate approval of clothianidin, a highly-toxic pesticide manufactured by Bayer CropScience that the regulatory agency knew was capable of killing off bees (http://www.naturalnews.com/030921_EPA_pesticides.html). Now, a new study out of Purdue University in Indiana has not only confirmed, once again, that clothianidin is killing off bees, but also that clothianidin's toxicity is systemic throughout the entire food chain, which could one day lead to the catastrophic destruction of the food supply.

The study, which was published in the online journal PLoS ONE, investigated the various methods and routes by which a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids, which includes clothianidin, are harming honey bees. They discovered that both clothianidin and thiamethoxam, another component of neonicotinoid insecticides, persist in "extremely high levels" in planter exhaust material produced during the planting of crops treated with these insecticides, which runs contrary to industry claims that the chemicals biodegrade and are not a threat.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035511_insecticide_bees_collapse.html#ixzz1rfHZRB1F

This Food Safety News article is pretty shocking. We can't copy the whole thing so please follow the link below and give it a full read (it's a bit long but worth it). The upshot is that researchers have found that nearly all honey from major store brands have ZERO pollen -- along with the honey from nearly all chain restaurants.  Calling something 'honey' when it has no pollen is like calling mountain dew scotch!  They are both liquids yes, but the similarities stop there.

Here is a list of the honey tested by Food Safety News that showed no traces of pollen. [American Choice Clover Honey, Archer Farms Orange Blossom Honey, Archer Farms Organic Classic Honey, Busy Bee Organic Honey, Busy Bee, Pure Clover Honey, CVS Honey,Fred Meyer Clover Honey, Full Circle Pure Honey, Giant Eagle Clover Honey, GE Clover Honey, Great Value, Clover Honey, Haggen Honey, Natural & Pure, HT Traders Tupelo Honey, Kroger Pure Clover Honey, Market Pantry Pure Honey, Mel-o 100 % Pure Honey, Natural Sue Bee Clover Honey, Naturally Preferred Fireweed Honey, Rite Aid Honey, Safeway Clover Honey, Silver Bow Pure Honey, Stop and Shop Clove Honey, Sue Bee Clover Honey, Thrifty Bee Honey, Valutime Honey, Walgreen MEL-O honey,Western Family Clover Honey, Wegman Clover Honey, Winnie the Pooh, Pure Clover]

Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey Ultra-filtering Removes Pollen, Hides Honey Origins by Andrew Schneider | Nov 07, 2011 More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News.   The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled "honey." The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies.   The food safety divisions of the  World Health Organization, the European Commission and dozens of others also have ruled that without pollen there is no way to determine whether the honey came from legitimate and safe sources.   In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that's been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn't honey. However, the FDA isn't checking honey sold here to see if it contains pollen.   Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey - some containing illegal antibiotics - on the U.S. market for years.

 

Read More at:

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-h...

From Huffington Post - Chinese Honey what's next??

The next time you find yourself in the honey aisle of your grocery store, debating between a pricy premium, artisanal honey and the store-brand nectar contained in a plastic bear, you might want to think twice before choosing based on price.

That's because a searing investigation of the honey market by Food Safety News found that 76% of all honey bought at grocery stores were treated with a process called "ultra-filtration," which removes not only impurities like wax, but also all traces of pollen. And of the types of brands at grocery stores, the ones that were far-and-away the most likely to be ultra-filtered were generic brands.

There are issues with ultra-filtration in general -- many believe that pollen, and other so-called "impurities," are actually beneficial to human health, and make honey a better choice than rival sweeteners like sugar. And there doesn't seem to be any serious benefit to the process; it's expensive and doesn't significantly improve shelf-life, even though some manufacturers claim it does.

But according to FSN, the biggest reason to avoid ultra-filtered honey is that pollen is the only sure-fire way to trace the source of honey to a geographic location. As a result ultra-filtered honey is often used to mask the shady origins of certain kinds of honey -- especially Chinese honey, which is subject to heavy import tariffs on account of its frequent contamination by heavy metals and illegal antibiotics. Chinese honeymakers ultra-filter their honey, and then ship it through byzantine paths, to sneak their sham product onto American grocery shelves without being hit with a tariff.

 

Read More

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/smuggled-honey-ultra-filtered_n...

We've got several new varieties of our local raw Oregon honey including blackberry, raspberry and white clover. Check them out! White Clover Raw Honey Jar 1+ lb

Lazy golden fields of warm clover, basking in the summer sun, swimming holes, lying on your back looking for shapes in the clouds... This is our White Clover. 'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $14.00 White Clover Raw Honey Jar 8 oz.

Raw Oregon White Clover Honey 8 oz jar.  Lazy golden fields of warm clover, basking in the summer sun, swimming holes, lying on your back looking for shapes in the clouds... This is our White Clover. 'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $7.00 Raw Oregon Raspberry Honey Jar 1+ lb

Not many honeys hint at their parent plant, but this definitely shrieks RASPBERRIES! Very sweet and fruity, it finishes with a slight bite. It is a rare summer treat with floral teas, fresh fruit or breads.

'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $14.00 Raw Oregon Raspberry Honey Jar 8 oz.

Raw Oregon Raspberry Honey 8 oz. jar. Not many honeys hint at their parent plant, but this definitely shrieks RASPBERRIES! Very sweet and fruity, it finishes with a slight bite. It is a rare summer treat with floral teas, fresh fruit or breads.

'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $7.00 Raw Oregon Blackberry Honey Jar 1+ lb

Not many honeys hint at their parent plant, but this definitely shrieks BLACKBERRIES! Very sweet and fruity, it is a rare summer treat with floral teas, fresh fruits, breads, or all by itself.

'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $14.00 Raw Oregon Blackberry Honey Jar 8 oz.

8 oz. jar of Raw Oregon Blackberry Honey.  Not many honeys hint at their parent plant, but this definitely shrieks BLACKBERRIES! Very sweet and fruity, it is a rare summer treat with floral teas, fresh fruits, breads, or all by itself.

'Strained, never filtered, to retain natural pollen'

Lee's Bees 92727 Cape Blanco Rd. Sixes, Oregon 97476 Net. Wt. 1+ pounds (680.4 grams)

Pure raw honey strained, never filtered, to retain local pollen. Sell price: $7.00

    Christmas is here. Wasn't it just June? It really seems that way. Thanks to all of you who have helped our business grow and have supported us with good advice, suggestions, and buying our products. We take very seriously our commitment to you to provide pure, raw, unfiltered Oregon honey and products from the hive. Thank you again for all your support.
    Recently, while at Redfish Restaurant in Port Orford, we were offered an oatmeal cookie that proved to be "not your Grandmother's oatmeal cookie", and Lena Hawthorne, the cookie's creator, has graciously allowed us to share this very grown-up cookie recipe. It's very simple:
Make your favorite oatmeal cookie recipe from the back of any oatmeal box and add:
1 tsp powdered cumin
1 tsp powdered ginger (although we agreed that finely chopped crystallized ginger would be delocious)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp EITHER cloves or allspice
a pinch of Cayenne
The result is a wonderful balance of spices that hint at a Moroccan souk, or some exotic spice mix that you can't identify. No one spice overcomes the others. It is aromatic and zesty, and would go wonderfully with holiday drinks; hot buttered rum would be a natural. Thank you, Lena!
    We close with a message that was in a card we recieved many years ago that we have always come back to at this most important season. It is something that our family reminds itself of throughout the year.
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the Kings and Princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flocks,
The work of Christmas begins.
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among people,
to make music in the heart.
A Happy Holiday season to you all, and may you find joy and peace this Christmas. Lee

    We have had so many requests for pure, poured beeswax candles that I am happy to let you know that they are now being made here at the farm in time for Christmas giving. Since I began investigating these candles, I have learned some things that I never knew! Here are some of them:
    BEESWAX CLEANS THE AIR: Beeswax, (unlike paraffin, which produces soot and toxic particulates and actually adds to indoor pollution), burns completely cleanly. While burning, it produces negative ions, much like a rain shower does, and these negative ions attach themselves to pollens, dust particles and other particulates in the air, causing them to drop harmlessly to the ground, where they can be vacuumed up.
    Beeswax candles, when burned for 30 minutes before bedtime, lead to more restful sleep, probably because of the negative ions that they produce.
    Beeswax burns at a very high temperature, yet burns far longer than candles made from soy or paraffin. It also produces a light spectrum that is very close to that of natural sunlight. Perhaps this is why people gravitate to these candles and why they are preferred for spiritual settings.
    Beeswax candles smell great!
    Pure Beeswax, as labeled, can contain by law, up to 39% paraffin. This seems wrong to us! All our candles are 100% pure, unrefined beeswax, hand-poured here at the farm.
    At this time we are offering 2.5" tall by 1.75" thick, and 6" tall by 2.25" thick pillars. We will continue to add more as we go along. AS ALWAYS: if you have a special request, call us, we'll see if we can fill it.
    Our candles will become part of our gift line for Christmas as well as being available individually. Photos this week!

Our holiday Gift Boxes are almost ready for you to order. I am going to give you a preview of the boxes below with a description of each one. Each gift box is made from local, sustainable, aromatic cedar right here on the farm, and packed with a variety of our products. Each box also comes with a wooden honey dipper and a personalized gift card from you to your giftee, then it is shrink-wrapped and sent USPS Priority mail to keep shipping costs down. The price includes shipping and insurance, so all you have to do is select and pay; we take care of the rest!
    We are able to accommodate custom selections if you do not see the combination that you want; please call us at 775-560-5333. With this option there is no online checkout, but we will be able to check you out on our virtual terminal here. Just give us a call! We are always happy to answer any of you questions.
 

**** JUST IN ! CLICK ON IMAGES BELOW TO ORDER *****

The Whole Hive Honey Gift Box The Whole Hive Honey Gift Box Contains

• 1 Mixed Local Flower Raw Honey 8 oz.
• 1 Meadowfoam Raw Oregon Honey 8 oz.
• 1 White Clover Raw Oregon Honey 8 oz.
• 1 Bee Bar 2 oz..
• 1 Hand & Body Lotion 8 oz pump bottle
• 1 Hard Wood Honey Dipper 
• Skep Bees Wax Candle
• Personalized Gift Card (leave message below) 

All packed in a locally made wood gift box shipped to your giftee. Sell price: $60.00 Just Honey 4 Jar Gift Box

Pick any four of our smaller (8 oz) jars of Local Raw Oregon Honey in a nice wood box with Wooden Honey Dipper & Personalized Gift Card (leave message below).

Sell price: $30.00

We will ship you order within 48 hours, but be sure to order in a timely manner to avoid USPS cutoff dates. If you have an emergency, we can use FEDEX, but it's alittle pricey.Have fun with this and let us know if there are any wishes that you do not see here that we can help you with. Lee

Lee's Bees We have been contacted by CULTURE MAGAZINE, the premier cheese publication in the US, and have been asked to be featured in their November issue as a complement to Pholia Farm's cheeses. We are very honored to be included with this gourmet group of cheesemakers from the Rogue Valley who produce some of the most delicious and distinctive goat cheeses in Oregon. Their cheeses are distributed by Cowgirl Creamery, Pt. Reyes Station, California (another one of my favorites!), and our honey will join them.

    Sometimes we all feel that as summer wanes that everything else is slowing down too. Not So! This is the time the bees are gearing up for the winter, putting up extra stores of honey to provide themselves with food and energy so that they can make a fast buildup in the spring. It's also busy here at the farm with bottling of honey going at a fast pace. We're getting ready for the holiday gift baskets that we hope will be stuffed with wonderful, USEFUL Oregon products, and as soon as we do the photography, we will have them on the products page. Remember, (HINT, HINT!!) we do corporate gifts as well, small or large.
    Fall festivals of all sorts are coming up, which we will be attending.
C'est Vert, in Bandon, one of the kind stores that carry our products, is hosting a Harvest Festival and antiques faire on the weekend of October 23rd. There will be all kinds of products and some very high end antiques from France, Italy, and elsewhere. Come see us!!
    On November 6 and 7, we will be at the 13th annual Crafts on the Coast Harvest and Holidays Arts and Crafts Festival in Yahats, Oregon. This is always a great sale, and there will be over 65 really unique vendors to supply you with not-your-everyday, original, holiday presents. 
    We have a new vendor! Welcome to Unique Creations at 141 N. Broadway in Coos Bay. It is right across from the new Visitors' Center, and I have to say that I was VERY impressed with the products that are there: high end, stunning creations that are very reasonably priced. This is the PERFECT place to do your holiday shopping. There is even a guys' section, so ladies, shopping will not be torture for the Mr. in your life.
Have a great week, all!

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Lees Bees Honey
92727 Cape Blanco RD
Sixes, OR 97476

Phone: 775-560-5333

    We are so happy and so proud to announce that we will be carrying Freddy Guy's Hazelnuts this season. If you have not picked up the latest Martha Stewart, GO GET IT!  Barb and Fritz Foulke of Monmouth, Oregon and their wonderful Hazelnuts are featured this month. This is a truly farm direct company that produces filberts that taste like no other Hazelnuts on earth. This is because the nuts are chilled from harvest to roasting to table which preserves the true taste of the nut. The oils do not degrade at cool temperatures which allows you to taste a REAL Hazelnut. Mr. Lawrence, never known for his love of Hazelnuts, said this: "I never considered these things as being edible, but these are DELICIOUS!" as he ate another handful! We are carrying their dry roasted Hazelnuts in our gift packs for Christmas, as well as by themselves for $6.50 a 6 oz bag.
     We have also had many inquiries from bottle manufacturers soliciting us to buy their jars. We do now, and will continue to use Kerr glass Mason jars because they are an American company, and that means American jobs. This is something we feel strongly about and hope that you, too, will consider American products first.
     Well, we are back on the coast after a rainy weekend in Portland and points south visiting the kids and doing business. Have a great week, everyone!!

Hints from our customers... Submitted by leesbees on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 15:30.

The Cranberry Festival was a busy and very successful weekend. One of the nice by-products of selling to the public is the many useful recipes and hints that we get. Here are a few.
John Gamble addressed the issue of crystalization, that natural, but to some people, irritating hardening of honey. John, rather than damage the honey by overheating it in the microwave or going through the trouble of warming it in hot water on the stove, simply tightens down the lid and tosses it in the dishwasher on the top rack. Result?? Perfectly restored (and very clean) honey. This is the best way I have ever heard to take care of the problem; now I have to reprint all my crystalization cards... Thanks, John!!
Terri Kranick and Marci Murray of the Cranberry Compost Company (http://www.cranberrycompostcompany.com) made me a wonderful lunch of a rice cake spread first with our Meadowfoam honey, and then topped with Laughing Cow Soft Swiss Cheese. Wow! I am always inspired by our customers' imaginations. Thank you, girls!
Last but oh-so-not least: Chubby Girl Cheesecake (http://www.chubbygirlcheesecakes.com). Owner Susan Christiansen does things with our Meadowfoam honey and cream cheese that should be illegal! Her Meadowfoam Cheesecake is everything that you'd always hoped that vanilla fudge would be but wasn't. I heard one rather stiff looking matron say that it was "orgasmic", and there were simply lines of people at her booth. She sold out both days, not only of the Meadowfoam, but her fresh raspberry and double chocolate with lavender as well. If you want to have the most amazingly indulgent holiday food, or if you want a gift that will earn you BIG BIG points, this is the one. She ships. 1-541-982-2690. Susan, this is the BEST cheesecake I have ever had, EVER EVER!!
Thanks to everyone who made the weekend a success!

    This weekend is the Cranberry Festival in Bandon, Oregon, and our Honey will be well represented outside C'est Vert, on the Pedway. The weather should cooperate after a little rain the last few days, which we needed, and it should be a great weekend.
    Here is a complete list of stores now carrying Lee's Bees products:
B and B Farm Supply and LaLa Belle's in Langlois
C'est Vert in Bandon
The Hard Rain Cafe in Port Orford
The Wooden Nickel in Port Orford
The Rogue River Apple Works in Gold Beach
... and of course, here at The Farm.
Other News...
    Many thanks to Redfish restaurant for their contiued support of our tomato crop! Patrick makes a fabulous tomato plate from them as well working wonders with our honey in his innovative and delicious dishes.
    Please check out the website of our first web customer, Sabina Louise Pierce, world class photographer and author of the upcoming book "Lick Your Plate", a photo essay and cookbook about celebrity chefs around the country who cook for their dogs. This is going to be a must have for anyone who loves cooking and/ or dogs, and who among us is not one of THOSE?
    It is not too early to start thinking about Christmas. Remember that we offer custom gift baskets of all-Oregon products that you will actually USE! (How many of us have little cans and jars of strange products from Christmases past jammed in the back of cupboards that we don't really know what to do with?!). We will do large or small, full baskets to stocking stuffers, and will have a price list ready soon.
    Remember that the honey business is one of the few cruelty-free industries out there, and you can feel good about using and giving this remarkable product.  

    

It turns out that Honey is quite heavy so we've tried to make use of  flat rate U.S. Post Office boxes for shipping our products.  We can fit six jars into the medium flat rate box, and nine into the large flat rate box.

Including insurance these are much cheaper than using UPS, FedEx, or regular priority mail boxes which are charged by weight.  However, you might notice that ordering one jar of honey has the same shipping charge as six jars.  This is because we can fit one to six jars into the same box for the same price, so it makes sense for you to buy more than one jar at a time.

Since the boxes are large enough we can also fit in several smaller items such as lee's bees 'bee bar' without extra charge, so if you buy a jar or two of honey any extra 'light weight' items are included in the base flat rate for your order.

We think this shipping method will end up saving time and money for everyone -- you can order as much honey as you like and we won't have to weigh the boxes or look up the rate based on your location. 

We've cut the orders off at 40 or so jars, so if you want to make a very large order please get in contact and we can discuss the best way to ship and negotiate on the price a bit :)

Thanks a lot & please get a hold of us if any issues arise

Lee's Bees Honey

 

Q? Regarding your shipping information, are you referring to the 1 lb jar in the medium flat rate box or is it 8 oz jar? 

A: Since we ship by volume (rather than weight) the smaller jars take up almost the same space as the larger jars, so all jars are counted as the same.  If you want, just add whatever products you'd like and then go to checkout.  Once you put your address into the checkout page the shipping will be calculated for you automatically.  So you can see how much you'll be charged before you commit to buying.

Hope that helps and thanks for visiting!



 

Lee's Bees Honey welcomes the Rogue River Apple Works to our family of vendors. Now, all of you who drive all the way up the coast can purchase our honey at this convenient location. It is located on 101 in the Myrtlewood Store Building.

This is a blog post which will show up under Bee News.  We can add pictures too

If you are not 100% satisfied with your Lees Bees Honey, you
can return any unopened containers for any reason within 30 days and we will
refund the purchase price excluding shipping charges. The honey we produce are so good its highly unlikely but no matter what the reason we'll gladly refund your money.

Lee's Bees Honey
92727 Cape Blanco Rd
Sixes, OR 97476
Phone: 775-560-5333

You may contact us at 775-560-5333 if you have any issues with our products or use this email contact form for any reason!

 Thanks and enjoy!

-Lee's Bees