Back a couple years ago, the Queen was picked up for a date to go “wine tasting” in Pagosa Springs.  Thoughts of petting zoo, koolaid, and balloons filled her mind.  Never had she heard of a good wine made with grapes grown in Colorado.
What a surprise to find Sutcliffe Vineyards.  Gorgeous at every level.  Their [...]

Interesting Facts About Beeswax wax.

Bees must eat about six pounds of honey to secrete a pound of wax.�

For every 100 pounds of honey a beekeeper harvests, only one to two pounds of beeswax are produced.  Now you know why beeswax is expensive.

Today’s phrase “crack a smile” was coined centuries ago when women [...]

As the year begins to wind down, we can’t believe our lucky stars!  This was the year we did it.  We finally got our product mix right, enough happy customers, new shipping systems in place and WOWZA what a year we had.
We have a team of about 35 worker bees in Pagosa Springs that help [...]

Jen Slind has enjoyed using Queen Bee’s unrefined reaw shea butter for quite some time.  She decided that in time for the holidays, she would add some Queen Bee to her offerings.  She stocked in our Tubs of Shea, Butta! gardener’s hand cream, Bee Sunny sunblock brushes, and Bee Nuts cuticle oil.
Jen has a lovely [...]