Buster's Bees Hive Products

Glazing day in my studio. Customers have lots of questions about my hand carved, hand glazed tiles so, here are some pictures of the details that are being glazed right now and a picture of some finished results. It’s a LOT of work but, a labor of love. I hope to get them in the kiln this week. Check them out this Tuesday, August 20 at the Florida NY Farmers Market, 10:00-4:00.

My “Chamomile, Buttermilk & Honey Soap” is all ready for the next market day, August 20th at Florida NY Farmers Market! Rich with chamomile infused olive oil, chamomile tea, buttermilk, sunflower oil and my raw honey, this soap has a light flowery fragrance with a hint of lavender essential oil. See you at the market from 10:00-4:00!

On these muggy days, Buster’s Bees has relief with “Grimy Dayz Soap”. Handcrafted with dandelion and sage tea, fresh aloe and organic cucumber, skin loving oils such as sunflower, coconut and olive oil, peppermint essential oil and my bees’ raw honey. All of these ingredients come together with many other additions to make your shower a refreshing, cleansing experience. You’re going to love it! Pick one up at the Florida NY Farmers Market, this Tuesday, August 6, 10:00-4:00! See you there!

I’m posting the upcoming dates for Buster’s Bees at the Florida NY Farmers Market. Thank you for all of your support so far and I hope to see you there on one of these Tuesdays from 10:00-4:00 soon!
August 3 & 20
September 3 & 17
October 1, 15 & 29

I hope that I will bee 🐝 seeing you today, Tuesday, July 23 10:00-4:00 at the Florida NY Farmers Market. I have lots of new pottery and raw honey soaps, etc so, hope to see you there!

Buster’s Bees has, “Coconut Milk & Honey Shave Soap” with shave brushes and my own handcrafted ceramic mugs! I’ve been told by fans that the lather they make is stupendous! I also have “Gardeners/ Mechanic Soap” gentle on your skin but, gets off the dirt, etc with pumice and orange essential oil. Come to the Florida Farmers Market on July 23, 10:00-4:00 and check these and my other products out!

To my friends and customers: I will not be at the Florida NY Farmers Market tomorrow, Tuesday, July 16th. I hope to be there next Tuesday, July 23rd. 🙏💕🐝🐝

My friends, I will not be at the Florida NY Farmers Market tomorrow July 9th. I hope to see you there on Tuesday, July 16th! Come to the market anyway and see our wonderful vendors! 💕🐝🐝🐝

My friends, I will not be at the Florida NY Farmers Market tomorrow, Tuesday July 9th. I hope to see you all Tuesday, July 16th. The market is open so come and see our wonderful vendors! 💕🐝🐝🐝

Happy Independence Day to all my friends!

Buster’s Bees regrets that due to illness, I will not be at the Florida NY Farmers Market today, July 2. I’m sorry for any inconvenience.

I will have dogs, cats, bees, birds, Buddha, flowers, Hamsas, pigs, roosters and lots more handcrafted pottery at the Florida NY Farm Market this Tuesday, July 2! Every piece is unique so, come and check it out! We’ll all be here 10:00-4:00!

There is lots of new pottery to choose from! See you at the Florida NY Farmers Market this Tuesday, June 25th 10:00-4:00!!

A big favorite with my customers is, “Warmth of the Sun Honey & Beeswax Soap”! It is handcrafted with the essential oils of orange, patchouli and ylang ylang and has a very swoony fragrance that makes my mouth water. Come to opening day of the Florida NY Farmers Market on June 25th and pick one up! We’re here 10:00-4:00!

Buster’s Bees is over the moon excited about another new season at the Florida NY Farmers Market that opens Tuesday, June 25th! Come and pick up one of my shampoo bars and choose from “Calendula Rosemary”, “Thyme-Apple Cider Vinegar” or “Ginger Nettles” all made with my own bees’ raw honey! See you there from 10:00-4:00!

Hi everyone. While making soap the other day, I took pictures of some of the stages in the process and am sharing them here with you. This soap, “Grimy Dayz” is handcrafted using the teas of dandelion and sage, with fresh aloe, cucumber and skin loving oils such as, high oleic sunflower, coconut, and pure olive oils. There are many other additions plus, my own bees’ raw honey and essential oils that help this soap give the refreshing feeling you want from your soapy shower on these grimy days. You will love it!

Yes, I’m still here and I’ve been super busy making plenty of the soaps you love and lots of new pottery! I’m getting ready for the Florida NY Farmers Market which is opening Tuesday, June 25 10:00 - 4:00! This is, “Buttermilk Chamomile & Lavender Soap” handcrafted with chamomile infused olive oil, buttermilk, a variety of skin friendly oils and my raw honey. Stay tuned for more updates and I will post Buster’s Bees market dates very soon. 💕🐝🐝🐝

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there from Buster’s Bees! 💕🐝🐝🐝

Happy Mothers Day! The Queen Bee ~ FOLLOW:
Historical Honeybee Articles - Beekeeping History
Read these beautiful verses about the Mother Queen Bee.

“In a word, the Queen Bee in her
whole shape and colour, is a
beautiful creature.”

'velut inter lignes luna minores'

“As the moon when in a clear night,
she fills her circle, is more and more
eminently beautiful than all the lesser
stars, so is the Queen Bee among the
other Bees. ” -Purchas, c. 1657

'velut inter lignes luna minores'
('As shines the moon among the lesser stars'. - Horace)

Samuel Purchas, in his book ‘A theatre of politicall flying-insects:’ -1657

Image: circa. 1853, inside cover, ’The Hive and the Honeybee.’
by L. L. Langstroth
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85243 /11/mode/1up

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Alfred Neighbour, wrote ‘The apiary; or, Bees, bee-hives and bee culture‘ 1865, Describes the admiration and respect the worker bees have towards their Majestic Queen.

"… her movements are measured and
majestic, as she moves in the hive the
other bees form a circle round her, none
venturing to turn their backs upon her,
but all anxious to show that respect and
attention due to her rank and station.
Whenever in the exercise of her sovereign
will the queen wishes to travel amongst
her subjects, she experiences no
inconvenience from overcrowding;
although the part of the hive to which
she is journeying may be the most
populous, way is immediately made,
the common bees tumbling over each
other to get out of her way, so great is
their anxiety not to interfere with the
royal progress." -Neighbour, c. 1865

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Dr. Evans,—who may be styled the poet-laureate of the bees,—lived at Shrewsbury, where he practiced as a physician. His poem on bees is written with great taste and careful elaboration, and it describes the habits of bees with a degree of accuracy only attainable after continuous scientific observation. In Evans poem ‘The Bee’ (first book) circa. 1806. Evans introduces the Insect Queen:

"But mark, of regal port, and aweful mien,
Where moves, with measur'd pace, the Insect Queen !
Twelve chosen guards, with slow, and solemn gait,
Bend at her nod, and round her person wait.
Not eastern Despots, of their splendour vain,
Can boast, in all their pomp, a brighter train
Of fear-bound Satraps ; not in bonds of love
Can loyal Britons more obedient move,
Whose patriot King an heartfelt homage finds,
And guides with easy rein their willing minds.
The pregnant Queen her duteous slaves attend,
With plausive air the high-arch'd dome ascend,
Cling in fond rapture round the genial bed,
And o'er her form a living curtain spread,"
-Evans, c. 1806

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Edward Bevan, author of ‘The Honey-bee: Its Natural History, Physiology, and Management of Honeybees’ -1827, is considered by many as the first work of bee literature possessing any claim to the character of scientific. In the article ‘Bevan on the Bee‘, Second Notice, 1843, Bevan describes the worker bees paying homage, caressing and touching with love and affection their Royal Queen.

"Like the English monarchy, that of our
particular subject, the species known
as the domestic or honey Bee, embraces
three orders, not ill resembling king,
lords and commons. The queen is not
only the acknowledged head and
representative of the nation, but its
common source of population, her
ample loins pouring out annually as
many young as are necessary to keep
up the numbers of the hive; which are
rarely less than twelve thousand, and
rise to perhaps fifty or sixty thousand
where abundant room is offered them.

The queen has no regular guard, either
when she traverses the combs or when
she is stationary. In either case, as we
have frequently observed, the working
bees that happen to be near her, for the
most part, turn their heads, towards her,
after the manner of courtiers in the presence
of royally, and wherever she moves clear
the way to allow her to pass, or rather get
hastily out of her way, forming a circle
round hut never accompanying her. They
occasionally, during her progress, fawn
upon and caress her, touching her softly
with their antenna. As she moves onward,
till the bees, thro' which she successively
passes, pay her the same homage; those
which in her track she leaves behind,
close together, and resume their
accustomed labors." -Bevan, c. 1827

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James Thacher, in his book ‘A practical treatise on the management of bees,,,’ 1829 describes the love an affection worker bees have for their Mother Queen.

"She is likewise their mother in the
strictest sense. Among 20, or 30,000
bees of which a hive frequently consists,
the queen is the only one that breeds;
and it is to this prerogative that she is
indebted for the extreme love and
affection which she enjoys from her
subjects. Their respect and obedience
are truly remarkable. She is almost
continually attended by a circle of bees,
who devote themselves to her service,
some present her with honey, others
pass their trunks lightly over her body
in order to remove from it any thing
that may be offensive. When she walks,
those that are in her passage, range
themselves in a respectful manner to
make way for her. They either know,
or appear to know, that this procedure
has an important object in view, that
of augmenting the number of their
citizens. The queen being the parent
of the hive, it is from her alone, that
a complete swarm composed of queens,
drones and workers, can proceed; and
without all these different members of
the community, it cannot either lay up
stores or be preserved in existence."
-Thacher, c. 1829

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Joseph Warder, in his book, ‘The true Amazons: or, The monarchy of bees’ - 1713, describes the Queen Bees subjects loyalty to the Monarch Queen.

“Indeed, no Monarch in the world is
so absolute as the Queen of the bees;
(which pleads very much with me,
that Monarchy is founded in nature,
and is approved by the great Ruler
of Princes.) But oh, what harmony,
what lovely order is there in the
government of the bees! The
Queen-Bee governs with clemency
and sweetness, so doth your Majesty;
she is obey’d and defended, out of
choice and inclination by her subjects,
so is your Majesty. And here I cannot
but wish that all your Majesty’s
subjects were as unanimously loyal
as the subjects of the Queen-Bee“.
-Warder, c. 1713

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John Thorley in his book ‘Melisselogia, or, the female monarchy: being an enquiry into the nature’ -1744, describes the beautiful and glorious Queen.

The Sovereign, or Queen-Bee described.

“This stately, beautiful, most noble and
glorious insect, in so many things
expressing royal majesty, has been for
a great number of years my grand favourite.
A princess I greatly admire; very highly
value and esteem, and justly prefer before
the many thousands of her subjects. “. -Thorley, c. 1744

Did you know Purple Dead Nettle is more than a pesky w**d? It's edible, with sweet flowers & nutrient-packed leaves!
Full details in the first comment 💬👀

Please welcome my new, very calm girls 🐝🐝🐝 to their new apiary. Installed them today and they started bringing in pollen right away! I’m so happy to be beekeeping again! 💕🐝🐝

Buster’s Bees wishes a Merry Christmas to all of our friends and supporters! 🎄💝🎅🏼🤶🐝🐝

Introducing my new, warming fragranced soap, “Sensual Cinnamon Soap”. It’s an oatmeal, goat milk and honey soap with the essentials oils of cedarwood, cinnamon and lemongrass. Mmmm. This one just might transform your chilly nights by using it in your warm shower or bath. Come this Sunday, December 17, 10:00-2:00 to the Warwick Indoor Farm Market in Pine Island, NY and pick one up.

***Last event of 2023! *** 🎉
Do you love the smell of beeswax? Buster’s Bees has a selection of my own handcrafted, handrolled beeswax candles to choose from. Check out the 8” and 10” tapers and 8” pillars. Beeswax candles burn slow and long and make great presents. 🎁 Pick some up this Sunday, December 17 at the Warwick Indoor Farm Market, 115 Liberty Corners Rd., Pine Island, NY 10:00-2:00.

This Sunday, 12/3 and Sunday, 12/17 will be the last two events in 2023 for Buster’s Bees. Come to the Warwick Indoor Farm Market from 10:00-2:00 and pick up one of our raw honey soaps, shampoo bars or salves or some pottery for a great gift or stocking stuffer. See you there!

Thank you to my awesome customers, some returning and some new, who came out yesterday to the Florida NY Farmers Market to support what I do. Happy Thanksgiving to you all from the Buster-boy and I. 💕🐝🐝

See you at the Florida NY Holiday 2023 Farm Market this Tuesday, November 21, 10:00-2:00 with seasonal inspired soaps and gift ideas. Both, “Gingerbread Soap” & “Winter Spice Soap” smell like home and holidays so, come on over and pick up some great stocking stuffers!

Buster’s Bees is pleased to be at the Florida NY 2023 Holiday Florida NY Farmers Market on 11/21 from 10:00-2:00 with some new holiday and seasonal themed, raw honey soaps! See you there!

www.floridafarmersmarket.org

It’s a busy week for Buster’s Bees. Tomorrow, Saturday, August 19 I will be at the Farm Market at Tractor Supply in Chester, NY from 10:00- 2:00.

On Tuesday, August 22, I will be at the Florida NY Farmers Market in Florida, NY from 10:00 - 4:00. I hope to see you at one of these events!

That’s, “Italian Coffee Soap” back by popular demand. Handcrafted with freshly brewed espresso coffee, cocoa butter, Shea butter and many other skin-loving ingredients. Available until supply runs out.