Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Healing Properties of Bee Products Highlighted in Skin Care Line

Beekeeping Hobby Grows Into Line of Honey, Soaps, Salves
By Joann Klimkiewicz, The Hartford Courant (USA), 3/20/2008

She couldn't have known it, but when Marina Marchese named her commercial illustration business Red Bee almost a decade ago, she was basically asking for a life of honey bees and hives…

A series of coincidences led to Marchese's line of Red Bee products -- natural soaps and salves made in her kitchen using the soothing honey she cultivates in her backyard…

As she researched the environmental contributions of bees and the healing properties of honey and pollen, she started playing with recipes in her kitchen. Soaps, salves, lip balms and candles -- she was stunned at how simple they were to make, yet how well they worked on her skin. None contain alcohol, paraffin wax or animal products.

"I thought, why not go all the way?" she says. "Just create this world of one-stop shopping -- an emporium of honey products."…

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