Om Sweet OmBee Products

Contact Information

Little Beehive FarmOm Sweet Om Bee ProductsTony & Diane Lulek35 Dalton RoadHolliston, MA 01746Tel: 508-893-7970Cell: 617-281-8867Email: tony@littlebeehivefarm.comWeb site: www.littlebeehivefarm.com

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Our Story

While driving through Dedham one summerI happen to spot several beehives along the

side of the road. How was this possible? I alwaysthought you needed a farm to have bees. Myinterest was certainly piqued. I went home andstarted doing some research. To my amazement Ifound many books on the subject and startedordering them from my local library. I spent thenext several months reading and learning abouthoney bees and beekeeping. I then decided that Iwant to be a beekeeper. I found the NorfolkCounty Beekeepers Association, a club that had abee school. They held their club meetings and beeschool at the Norfolk County Agricultural School

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in Walpole. The school started in January andended in April with the culminating of gettingyour first hive. At bee school I learned everythingthat I needed to know to start one of the most fas-cinating hobbies in the world. I took the class inthe winter of 2005, graduated in April, and gotmy first hive. My son took bee school the follow-ing year and had his own hive. Over the years mywife has become my biggest helper. We now haveover seven hives in our apiary.

Nature & Beekeeping

One of the things that beekeeping has done is putus more in touch with our environment. It hasmade us more aware of what we are doing to ourplanet. Being a beekeeper today is much morechallenging than it was 15 years ago. Today wehave to deal with many new issues. In order toconfront these issues, the beekeeping community

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came up with chemical ways to treat things likevarroa mites and tracheal mites. It all seemed overwhelming to us. It went against our basic philoso-phy. As a family of 6, we have always been proudof our recycling, reusing, and reducing efforts. Weare well aware of our impact on the environment.We decided that as beekeepers we didn’t want touse any chemicals to treat our hives. We use allnatural methods. Though it is more difficult andchallenging to keep hives naturally, it is worth theeffort.

Buddhism & Beekeeping

The idea of reincarnation is an integral part of theBuddhist philosophy. One’s karma (action) in thislifetime determines one’s re-birth. Buddhistsbelieve that all sentient beings (ability to feel sen-sation) have the opportunity to be re-born as ahuman being (the optimal birth).

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All of our hives are blessed with a Buddhistmantra, removing all obstacles from being re-bornas a human being. The seeds of the Dharma (Bud-dha’s teachings) have been planted on all thebees.

At the height of the season there can be asmany as 75,000 bees living in the hive. Given thefact that there are multiple generations withinone season (female worker bees only live 45 daysand the queen lays up to 2,000 eggs a day), this isa great opportunity to bless many sentient beings,giving them the opportunity to potentially be re-born as human beings.

Homeopathic Elements

Honey, beeswax, pollen, and propolis are all natu-ral occurring products of the hive. They are pur-ported to have therapeutic value.

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Honey can be use to treat many things,including cuts and scrapes, stomach ailments, andsore throats.

Beeswax is a natural product of the hive withhealing and protective properties. Beeswax can-dles, unlike regular wax candles (which are madefrom petroleum and produce toxins whenburned), are smokeless and actually clear andclean the air when they are burned.

Pollen, though not really a product of thehive, is collected by the bees from flowers as afood source (protein). Eating honey containinglocal pollen traces is said to help alleviate thesymptoms of seasonal allergies.

All the products of the hive not only havehealing properties, but they also have anti-viraland anti-bacterial properties. In addition, there isresearch and real-life situations where bee venomtherapy has helped people deal with the symp-toms of conditions like MS and arthritis.

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Products of the Hive

What is honey?

Honey is one of the bee’s food sources. The beescreate honey by collecting nectar from many dif-ferent plants. Nectar is a sugar. Each plant’s nec-tar is made up of different sugars. This contributesto the different tastes of honey. The bees ingestthe nectar into their honey stomachs, mixing itwith enzymes. When they get back to the hivethey transfer the honey to the comb where theyevaporate moisture from the honey until it gets tothe right water content (around 17%). Whenthey cap the cells with wax the honey is ready.

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Where does beeswax come from?

The bees create wax from glands on theirabdomens. They use the wax to create honey-comb to store honey and pollen and to raise theirbrood (eggs, larva, pupae). To produce wax, beesmust consume about eight times as much honeyby mass. It is estimated that bees fly 150,000miles, roughly six times around the earth, to yieldone pound of beeswax.

Why do bees collect pollen?

Bees visit many plants and trees collecting pollenand nectar. In the process the bees help pollenatemany of our crops. Approximately 40% of thefruits and vegetable we eat come from plants pol-lenated by honey bees. The bees carry the pollenback to their hive in Their pollen baskets. In thehive, pollen is used as a protein source necessary

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during brood-rearing and for a balanced diet whencombined with honey.

What is propolis?

Propolis (or bee glue) is created from resins andtree saps. Honey bees use propolis to help sealcracks and openings in their hive as well as acleaning agent in cells where brood is raised.

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Om Sweet Om Bee products

Honey

Our honey is as natural and organic as the beescan possibly make it. Honeybees travel in a 2-3mile radius of their hive collecting nectar forhoney. Since we use only natural treatments inour hive, we can guarantee that there are nochemicals used in any part of our process.Beyond that we have no control over the rest ofour environment.

Our honey is not heated. The only thing wedo is filter the honey through a 400 mcg filter toremove excess debris that comes as a result of theextraction process. This leaves us with a honey

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that is very clean and clear, but also retains all thenatural nutrients and pollens.

Sometimes honey will crystallize. There isnothing wrong with it and the best thing to do isgently heat the honey either in a pan of water orin the microwave (Be careful: several 10-15 sec-onds intervals, stirring or shaking (cap on please)should be enough to dissolve the crystals).

Hand Creams & Lotions

We produce several skin creams made from allnatural ingredients. All of our creams containhoney, beeswax, and propolis. Our creams aregreat for hands, feet, elbows, face, and anywhereon the body that you need some extra care. Pleasemake sure to test a spot before applying elsewhere.For a complete list of ingredients, please visit outweb site: www.littlebeehivefarm.com

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Lip Balms

Our lip balms are made from all natural ingredi-ents: Pure beeswax, sweet almond oil or apricotkernel oil, vitamin E, and pure essential oils.

Hand-Made Soaps

Our soaps are made with the cold-processmethod. This involves combining lye and all nat-ural ingredients: distilled water, sodium lactate,beeswax, honey, propolis, coconut oil, palm oil,sunflower oil, olive oil, and pure essential oils. Aswell we use all natural botanical ingredients likerosemary, spearmint, calendula, rose, rosehips,clays, and other fun ingredients.

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Candles

Taper candles (10”), Skep candles, votive can-dles, and round pillar candles (3”) made from100% pure beeswax.

Honey Candy

We make a honey candy that is great for sorethroats or just a sweet treat. Our candy is madefrom water, pure cane sugar, honey, and thenfinely dusted with powdered sugar to keep themfresh.

Whole-Grain Honey Mustard

Made from only the finest ingredients: mustard,mustard seeds, honey, and vinegar. We offer twovarieties: regular and with stout.

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Other Bee related items

We are always working on developing other itemsbased on honey bees and products of the hive. Weare working on some bee related jewelery as wellas ceramic pieces.

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Education

We also give talks on beekeeping. This is agreat way to educate people about the

importance of honey bees and their impact on ourworld. It is also an opportunity to educate peopleabout our environment and how they can helpmake a positive impact on our planet. If you areinterested in having me talk to your group, familyor school, please contact me at 508-893-7970 orat tony@littlebeehivefarm.com. I do educationaltalks at schools and groups for kids at no charge. Ido have a fee for public speaking at clubs, groups,and other events. Please contact me for pricingand details.

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Our Logo

Our logo centers on the Buddhistsymbol “OM” from the Tamil

language. This language dates backabout 2,500 years. “OM” symbolizes

a persons’s impure body, speech, and mind; as thesame time it symbolizes the pure exalted body,speech, and mind of a Buddha. It representseverything and nothing simultaneously.

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Pricing & Ordering

The pricing of our products is as important asthe quality. We try to maintain affordability

while keeping the quality at a very high standard.

Pricing

Honey 8 oz. $5.00Honey 1 lbs. $10.00Hand Creams 1 oz. $5.00Hand Creams 2 oz. $10.00Body Lotion 2 oz. $5.00Hand-made Soaps 4.5 oz. $5.00Lip Balms 1.5 oz. $3.00Candles (Tapers) 10” $10.00

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Candle (Pillars) $15.00Skep Candle $5.00Votive candles $1.50Honey Candy 2 oz. $2.00Honey Candy 3 oz. $3.00Honey Mustard 4 oz. $4.00

Ordering

There are several different ways that you can buyOm Sweet Om Bee Products:

1. Visit out web site: www.littlebeehivefarm.comto see descriptions and photos of our products,and send us your order via email to:tony@littlebeehivefarm.com

2. Visit our online store:www.littlebeehivefarm.com and place yourorder directly online.

3. By phone: 508-893-7970

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4. Stop by our home: 35 Dalton Road, Holliston.(But please call first to see if we are home.)

5. By visiting us at any number of craft fairs.Please visit our web site for an updated list oflocal fairs and farmers markets we will beattending.

Farmers Markets

Natick Farmers Market: Saturday, 9 am. to 1 pm,year round (Indoor during the winter months).

Hopkinton Farmers Market at Weston Nurseries:Friday, 12 pm to 6 pm. June to October

If you would like to place an order and have it readyfor pick up at the farmers, please just call us toplace your order.

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Little Tiger

The honey bee, a little tiger,

is not addicted to the taste of sugar;

his nature is to extract the juice

from the sweet lotus flower!

by Kelsang Gyatso (1708 - 1757)

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