A Mouthwatering Addition to Your Holiday Table

Looking for the perfect dessert for your Easter or Passover celebration? Our Lemon Sting Bundt Cake is sure to impress your guests.

Lemon Sting Bundt Cake

Our Lemon Sting Bundt Cake is a delightful blend of sweet and tangy flavors that's sure to impress your guests. This moist, buttery cake bursts with fresh lemon zest and juice, making it an ideal centerpiece for your spring festivities.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
½ cup Green Bee Lemon Sting
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 ½ sticks salted butter
3 ¼ cups flour

GLAZE:

1 cup (4 ounces) powdered sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions

Position the oven rack in the lower-middle position. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup tube or Bundt pan.

Melt the butter and set aside to cool slightly.

Add the sugar, eggs, Green Bee Lemon Sting Soda, lemon zest, and lemon juice into your standing mixer. Run on lowest speed until combined. With the mixer running, slowly add the butter in a steady stream and mix until fully incorporated. Add 1/3 of the flour and whisk until combined. Repeat twice until all the flour has been used.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 ¼-1 ½ hours or until a pick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean (be sure not to over-bake it—Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely 

To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Place the cake, craggy side up, on a serving plate and drizzle with glaze. Let the glaze set for at least 10 minutes before serving. Makes 12 servings.

BEE a hero for pollinators

This Earth Day, be a hero for all our pollinating friends—simple actions can make a BIG difference!

Supporting pollinators like bees and butterflies is crucial for a thriving ecosystem and a bountiful garden. By making thoughtful choices in your gardening practices, you can create a welcoming habitat for these essential creatures.

Here is a SIMPLE list of things you can do to help:

Plant Native Flowers – Many local garden centers sell native plants.  Better yet, support your local garden club.  They always have plant sales in the early spring.  If you can’t find any native flowers, you can always go on-line to find seeds local to your area.

Avoid Pesticides – Kind of goes without saying.  Pesticides have a direct correlation with bee colony collapse disorder. They also impair pollinator’s ability to forage.  Even trace amounts of pesticides disrupt foraging behavior, the ability to find food and navigate.

Provide a Water Source - All creatures need water and that includes bees.  Leave a small dish of water out for them.  BUT make sure to put pebbles out so they have some place to land without drowning.  If you have a natural water source, add some rocks or gravel, so they have some place to perch.

Leave Some Wild Areas in Your Yard- Sow some wild native seeds and let them grow

Support Local Beekeepers – Hit your local farmers market and buy local honey

Drew from Green Bee Joins UNE’s Sustainability Panel

Our Director of Sales, Drew, recently participated in the UNE Symposium - Buzzkill: The Impact of Pollinator Decline on Food Diversity and Human Health.

Soda Bread with Green Bee Soda!

This is our take on a classic Irish Soda Bread recipe COMPLETE with a Lemon Sting twist. This recipe is so easy and delicious you’re not going to want to wait until St Patty’s Day to make it

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups to 3 cups All Purpose Flour
1 TSP Baking Soda
¼ cup Lemon Sting
2 Tbsps Lemon Zest
1 tsp pure vanilla
¾ cup Buttermilk
1/3 cup Butter

Optional
½ cup of raisins

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Mix together flour, baking soda in a bowl (make sure you get all the lumps out). Cut butter into mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs
Add raisins if using

Add buttermilk, Green Bee Lemon Sting, and Lemon Zest to the flour and mix until it becomes a soft dough

Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead once or twice – DO NOT OVERWORK it will make for a tougher loaf

Shape into a flattened round ball and score top with an X.  Bake on a greased sheet pan for 40-50 minutes until it becomes golden brown

Enjoy

(We enjoy our soda bread with a little butter and an extra honey drizzle)

Green Bee Shamrock Fizz

Green Bee’s twist on a Shamrock Shake is a fun way to bring natural flavors and a honey-sweetened fizz to the classic minty treat. Here’s a refreshing Green Bee Shamrock Fizz that balances creamy, minty goodness with a sparkling finish.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup whole milk or oat milk

• 1 cup vanilla ice cream (or coconut ice cream for dairy-free)

• ¼ tsp peppermint extract (or a few fresh mint leaves)

• ½ tsp vanilla extract

• ½ cup Green Bee Lemon Sting (for a honey-citrus sparkle)

• A few drops of natural green food coloring (or spinach juice for a natural tint)

• Whipped cream (optional)

• Crushed honeycomb or bee pollen for garnish

  Instructions:

1. Blend the ice cream, milk, peppermint extract, vanilla, and food coloring until smooth.

2. Pour into a glass, leaving room for the fizz.

3. Slowly top with Green Bee Lemon Sting, stirring gently to mix.

4. Garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle with crushed honeycomb or bee pollen.

Green Bee Potion #9

A 3 ingredient Mocktail For the Whole Family to enjoy

Who doesn’t love a frothy lemony raspberry concoction? With only 3 simple ingredients Green Bee Potion #9 is super simple and just so delicious.

Ingredients

1 bottle Green Bee Lemon Sting

Fresh Raspberries

Raspberry sherbert

How To:

Muddle raspberries with a splash of Green Bee Lemon Sting – if you don’t like the seeds strain through a strainer

Put muddled raspberries in bottom of tall glass, top with a dollop of sherbert. Pour Green Bee Lemon Sting on top

ENJOY

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue. If You Love Flowers, Thank A Pollinator Or Two

What do you think of when you think of Valentines Day? If you’re like us, you think of roses. With roughly 250 million roses grown for Valentines Day each year, we think it’s fair to say most people think of roses. Why roses, when there are so many beautiful flowers to choose from? Roses have come to symbolize many things: purity, innocence, and gratitude. Red roses the most popular rose on Valentines Day have come to symbolize romantic love, passion and devotion.

Roses are pollinated by bees in addition to other pollinators. They do this by transferring pollen from the male parts of a rose to the female parts, which help the plant to reproduce.

The majority of roses grown for Valentines Day come from Columbia and Ecuador. These flowers are grown in unheated hoop houses. The long warm days and cool evenings provide the perfect growing temperature. There are about 130 native bee species found in both countries.

So, if you love getting roses on Valentines Day and beyond, say thank you to the hardworking bees of Ecuador and Columbia.

Love and Bees. Its a Real Thing!

Did you know that St Valentine is the Patron Saint of love and BEEKEEPERS? Yup, love and beekeeping!

Back in Roman times and still to this day, bees are a symbol of romantic love.

For such a happy and sweet filled day, the history of how Valentines Day came to bee is a lot darker.

It is believed that Valentine’s Day originated from Lupercalia, an ancient Roman Festival. Lupercalia, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus the Roman God of agriculture. We won’t get into how this was celebrated (it’s kind of morbid and distressing) but if you’re interested you should totally check it out (don’t say you weren’t warned).

As Christianity took over, it began incorporating Pagan holidays into their own celebrations. This is exactly what happened to Lupercalia. St Valentine, was a priest and beekeeper. Known for treating his bees with love and compassion. Valentine, defied the Roman Emperor Claudius 11 by secretly marrying couples. This really angered Claudius and he had Valentine tortured and decapitated on February 14th

To honor St Valentine, the Church began calling Lupercalia, Valentines Day

It wasn’t until the Middle Ages when the idea of courtly love became popular that Valentines Day started to become a thing amongst lovers.

Crazy to think that a day that started with an execution is now the Universal day of love.

Ginger Buzz Turmeric Orange Mocktail

Our Ginger Buzz Turmeric mocktail is easy and perfect for this time of year. Turmeric contains curcumin and is rich in phytonutrients that are know to help protect our bodies by neutralizing free radicals as well as helpful with providing anti-inflammatory benefits. Pairing Tumeric with Ginger makes a great way to cure those winter blues.

Ingredients:

1 bottle Green Bee Ginger Buzz

¼ cup fresh turmeric root

1 peeled orange

Instructions:

Place peeled orange and fresh turmeric in juicer. If you don’t have a juicer handy, squeeze orange and grate turmeric with a box grater.

Mix well and add to Ginger Buzz

Take the peel and garnish with orange zest

Let the healing begin!

Honey for your face? Yes it’s a thing.

Yes, honey face masks are incredibly beneficial for all types of skin. Because of honey’s antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties it is a great choice to include in your skin care regime.

Benefits of honey face masks:

Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory

Honey can be used to treat acne, reduce the appearance of blemishes and help clear out clogged pores

Anti-aging

Because honey contains nutrients, amino acids and antioxidants it can help repair and promote collagen production

Hydrating

Honey grabs moisture from the air and uses it to help hydrate your skin

How to use

Apply raw unfiltered honey directly to your face and leave on for 15-20 minutes and wash off. That’s it…. Couldn’t be easier or more natural.

Do not use honey if you are allergic to pollen. When in doubt, don’t do it…

5 Tips To Help With Dry January

Dry January is a time when people take a break from drinking alcohol. The U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for cancer warning labels on all alcoholic beverages to highlight the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. “Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States…yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk”.

After hearing this, Dry January and an NA lifestyle are even more relevant than ever for our long term health.

Here are 5 tips that will help you on your journey:

1. Make sure to have lots and lots of Non-Alcoholic choices on hand. Can anyone say, Green Bee? Our fizzy, delicious honey sodas and sparkling waters are the perfect replacement for any cocktail. If you’re going to a friend’s house bring a few 4 packs so you know your covered.

2. Sit down and make a list and identify why you drink. Are you drinking because you are stressed out? Are you drinking to help you sleep better or to help break the ice in social situations? Once you identify why you are drinking. Come up with alternatives to drinking so you are prepared before someone tries to hand you a drink.

3. Pay attention to how you are feeling without drinking. Start a journal so you can track your daily progress. Are you sleeping better? Have more energy during the day? Feeling less bloated? These are all positive signs that will help stay you on your alcohol-free journey.

4. Put all of the money aside that you would have spent on alcohol and do something nice for yourself at the end of the month.

5. If your feeling great without alcohol, come up with a long-term plan. Just like with healthy eating habits, if you aren’t making a conscious effort on a daily basis, it is very easy to fall into your old bad habits.

Green Bee Lemon Sting Summer Mocktail

Its Easy Peasy, Summer Breezy

Ingredients:

1 bottle Green Bee Lemon Sting

Fresh strawberries

Ice

Garnish with a strawberry

Instructions:

Add 2-3 fresh strawberries to your glass and muddle. Add ice. Top with Lemon Sting.

Garnish with fresh strawberry on the rim of glass.

Note: To turn into a cocktail add 1 oz of your favorite vodka or gin.

Green Bee Ginger Buzz Mule

This is our simple go-to recipe for a mule.

Ingredients:

1 12oz Bottle Green Bee Ginger Buzz

1 Lime or 1oz Lime Juice

Fresh Mint leaves

Ice cubes

Instructions:

If you have any traditional Copper Mule mugs - get them out! Otherwise any glass will do.

Fill glass with ice cubes, squeeze the juice of one lime (1 oz) into bottom, place torn mint leaves over ice, top off with a pour of Green Bee Ginger Buzz. Give it a stir and enjoy!

Note: Add a splash of your favorite Vodka to turn into a Cocktail.