We had a small hive of honeybees that took up residence out at the farm – inside the corner wall between the kitchen and the back porch. This house that I grew up in was built by my grandparents in 1900. My Dad and my cousin, George Pope, were born in the house, and Dad and his sisters also grew up there. So, having a bee hive in the wall was not a good plan for us or the bees.
Bees are so important for our environment for many reasons:
pollinating crops and plants; helping habitats grow and produce food for animals (including us! ); producing honey, beeswax, bee pollen, royal jelly. Many folk remedies exist using honey; however, the simplest one is to eat local honey to boost one’s immune system and help manage symptoms from seasonal allergies.
Bees are actually endangered. There are less places for them to inhabit safely, they are harmed by pesticides and herbicides, and they are very sensitive to weather. They are, however, essential to our food supply!
But, what to do when you have bees where they don’t belong? You call John Ratcliff and his son, Jack, from Ratcliff Honey Farm to come remove them safely and take them to a new home. Contact: http://www.RatcliffHoneyFarm.com.
John has been caring for bees for over 10 years and has taught his son. They combined high-tech with know-how: used a thermal gadget to determine exactly where the bees were, cut a hole to extract them safely, put the comb and bees in special boxes, vacuumed up the other bees, and put steel wool and silicone in the holes to deter the bees from returning. They did find the queen – a big positive – but, I was told that the bees can create a new queen from the honeycomb if they hadn’t found her. It is important for us to seal up holes very well so that bees cannot get into our houses and other places that don’t work for all concerned, too.
At Holographic Health, we believe strongly in using bee products and taking care of the environment. Besides using local honey, we use and sell Queen’s Delight — a combination of Royal Jelly, Propolis, and Bee Pollen in an easy to take capsule. Dr. Baroody recommended this to many for their overall nutritional support.
Royal Jelly contains all the B-Complex vitamins and is the only natural source of pure acetylcholine, a very important chemical neurotransmitter in the brain that allows nerve cells to work properly. Propolis contains Flavonoids, among other compounds, which has immune system support and antioxidant properties. Bee Pollen is like having a whole health food store in the palm of your hand — containing vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and oils, carbohydrates, amino acids, over 5,000 enzymes and coenzymes, a variety of antibiotic substances, etc. These substances produced by bees provide the human body with all the nutritional elements it needs, in just the right proportions, allowing the body’s own healing and rejuvenation mechanisms to perform their normal functions of building, restoring, maintaining and protecting every cell.
The honeybee is a friend to humanity and our environment, and we literally cannot live without her. Plant a bee garden, get some local honey or Queen’s Delight, and contact John if you need to find some bees a new home.
Ann Marie Byars, President
Holographic Health, Inc. - Rev. Ann Marie's Blog 
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