WHAT'S IN STORE
BACK TO SCHOOL
Don't stress! There is still several weeks of summer left to enjoy before stressing about school. Try Natural Vitality Calm, a magnesium citrate powder, and your mind and body will thank you. Magnesium is essential for your nervous, circulatory, and skeletal systems. Natural Calm is easy to swallow, 1 teaspoon mixes easily with 8oz water or juice, but you can adjust to find the right amount that works for you.
All sizes and flavors are 20% off this month!
Looking for school and office supplies that have lower environmental impact? Using sustainable materials like bamboo, jute fiber, recycled plastics Onyx & Green has created affordable and stylish backpacks, pencilbags, calculators, rulers, pens and paper, to name a few. Go Green when going back to school this year!
VITAL PLANET
Probiotics for Pets
For our four-legged friends who may have digestion issues, bowel troubles, or have recently been on antibiotics, we now have powdered probiotics for dogs and cats! Formulated with the help of Renew Life's Brenda Watson, Powdered FloraDog and FloraCat each contain:
- 20 Billion live cultures per serving
- 10 unique strains for optimum strain diversity
- Prebiotics (serve as food for good bacteria)
- Formulated with high bifidobacterium or high acidophilus formula to support the specific needs of canines & felines, respectively.
Get a month's supply for just $29.99
BEE APPRECIATION
Celebrate Bees with us throughout August! Find Free booklets for kids and adults filled with fun facts about Bees and Honey recipes. Plus, for National Honey Bee Day Saturday, Aug. 22, come in for a free honey stick with the purchase of any Bee product*!
We'll also be showing Vanishing of the Bees Documentary in our Wellness Center at 1, 3, and 5pm.
“Wherever there are bees there is health” Caio Plinio Secondo 23 - 79 A.D.
WE NEED BEES: Even the Ancients knew it: Bees are a barometer of the health of our environment, and in turn, our food system and we the people who depend on it. In fact, people have managed and sustained farming practices with the help of bees for 4500 years.
The world's food production is dependent on pollinators like honey bees. Some estimates range from 50-80% of the world's food supply being directly or indirectly affected by honey bee pollination. Roughly 1/3 of all vegetables and fruits produced are pollinated by honey bees.
Depending on the crop, some fruits would not develop at all without pollination from honey bees. With other crops, yield and quality would decrease without bees. Ever see a lopsided apple or pumpkin? That is a sign of improper, or a lack of, pollination.
VANISHING BEES: Over the past decade or so, the numbers of bees have fallen drastically. About 30 percent of the honeybee population disappeared in the United States between 2007 and 2011. according to USDA surveys, and the trend continues.
Research into Colony Collapse Disorder has allowed us to see underlying causes including increased pesticide use (like Bt-toxin produced in Monsanto's GMO corn), poor nutrition and lack of genetic diversity (which leads to susceptibility to disease). Also to blame is a parasite called the Varroa mite, climate disturbances (droughts and freezing winters), and even cell phone towers. Specifically, the cell phone radiation may compromise the bees ability to navigate back to their hive, and may reduce or stop the Queen bee's egg production.
That kind of loss has a huge economic impact as well, with billions of dollars lost each year.Newsweek reported honeybees are trucked to various regions of the country to pollinate an estimated $40 billion worth of the nation’s agricultural produce each year.
WHAT WE CAN DO: If you can't become a beekeeper yourself, make a bee-friendly backyard or patio. Grow plants and flowers bees love (without chemical pesticides, of course!). There are plenty of resources to get you started. Plus, you can find other people who are all abuzz about bees at the Mid-Michigan Honey Festival coming to Frankenmuth Aug. 1. Bees give us so much, we can do a little for them in return.
HEALTHY BEE PRODUCTS: Among other things, bees provide many nutritional products like honey, beeswax, propolis, pollen, royal jelly.
Honey - Not all honies are created equal. They can have a wide range of flavors depending what the bees are eating and how the honey is processed. Local Honey is the most "green" sweetener you can buy, and if you get it raw (unfiltered and unpasteurized), it contains tiny amounts of pollen and other bee by-products that may help de-sensitize seasonal allergy sufferers when taken a little at a time.
As a cough medicine, a 2006 pediatric study found buckwheat honey provided the greatest improvement compared to over-the-counter cough medicine dextromehophan (DM). Note that honey should not be given to children 2 years and younger due to potential complications.
Manuka honey from New Zealand has shown to be especially antibacterial (roughly corresponding to it's "Active UMF Rating" which you can read about here.) Used topically and internally, it is also commonly used for wounds and ulcers not related to diabetes.
We carry local honey from T.M. Klein & Sons, and a variety of flavored, organic, and specialty honies (like Manuka, Tupelo, Buckwheat, etc.)
SAVE 15% on select Raw Single-Blossom and Wildflower Honey by GloryBee! PLUS -
SAVE on Chocolate Honey Patties in 3pk or 12pk by Heavenly Organics all month!
Beeswax - Find it in chunks, bars, or beads in the Honey section of our store - buy as much as you need for to make your own lotions, creams, lipbalms, furniture polish, and more.
Pollen - Bees work hard, and we benefit. It takes one bee working 8 hours a day for one month to collect only 1 TEASPOON of pollen! Pollen collected from flowers is used to feed young bees, and is considered a superfood: containing carbs, fats, and 40% protein, about half of which is free amino acids ready to be used by the body. It's a good source of B-vitamins (how perfect!) and folic acid. So, it is a good energy booster. It has marked effects on the respiratory, digestive, and cardiovascular systems.
Sustainably harvested bee pollen can be found in bulk, or in capsules.
Royal Jelly - Fed to the Queen bee, royal jelly is a complex substance containing a unique combination of proteins (12-15%), sugars (10-12%), lipids (3-7%), amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. This allows the Queen to grow, live longer and reproduce effectively. So, Royal Jelly has traditionally been used as a nutritional, anti-aging and fertility supplement. Animal studies have revealed antitumor , anti-oxidant , anti-inflammatory, antibacterial , anti-allergic , anti-aging and antihypertensive properties. Taken orally, it may reduce LDL cholesterol and serum total cholesterol, and help reduce menopausal symptoms when taken with evening primrose oil, damiana, and ginseng.
Used topically, royal jelly is commonly found body care products. Hair cremes utilize it to combat hair loss. Commonly found in Face and Eye Cremes, it is known to be very hydrating, to reduce the appearance of fine lines, and is rich in Biotin, Folic Acid, and Vitamins B, C, and E.
Propolis - Propolis begins as sticky sap seeping from certain evergreen tree buds. The bees gather this ‘bee glue” and mix it with a waxy substance secreted from specialized glands of their abdomen. Used to coat the interior of the egg chambers, it provides a sterile environment and is dense with immune system stimulators. Bees coat the hive entrance with it too, so returning bees can be ‘sanitized’ before entering.
Recording dating back to 350 B.C. show the ancients used propolis for its medicinal properties. Egyptians used it in their mummy embalming process. Assyrians put it on battle wounds. The Greeks used it for tooth abscesses.
Come in Wednesday, Aug. 19 to talk to an expert. Hear all about the benefits of propolis for pain management, infections, and longevity from Jodi Holan of NaturaNectar. She'll be doing an in-store demo from 1-3pm. For more in depth discussion, sign up to learn differences between propolis types, and how to look for a quality source. Scroll below for details under Wellness Center.
WELLNESS CENTER
YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS CLASS
Marie Koch
Tues. August 11
10 - 11am (new time)
TOPIC: Essential Oils 101/Business Class
Join us to learn about the many therapeutic and every day uses for Young Living Essential Oils and how to make it pay for itself!
Cost: $5*
*1st time visitors are FREE, Essential Rewards members under HH4L are also FREE
DISCOVER BEE PROPOLIS
Jodi Holan from NaturaNectar
Wed. Aug. 19
1:00-3:00 pm Bee Propolis In-Store Demo (no registration required)
5:30-6:30 pm Discussion: Propolis for Health (please sign up & get a discount!*)
FREE EVENTS
Join Jodi for a fascinating & free educational seminar on the health benefits of Brazilian green and red propolis, as a nutritional supplement for degenerative, infectious, inflammatory issues and more. Find out why Europeans are taking Red Propolis for breast and prostate cancer, and what the Green Propolis does for viral infections like herpes, HIV and cold sores.
*Pre-register by 8/18 and you are eligible to receive 10% off any NaturaNectar Products!
NaturaNectar is the leading the way in research and production of high quality Brazilian propolis products. You can read about their mission and values here.
DOCUMENTARY VIEWING: VANISHING of the BEES
Saturday August 22
Showing at 1, 3, and 5pm
FREE
"Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food on our tables.
Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as on their quest to protect their honeybees."90 min http://www.vanishingbees.com/synopsis/
Personal Action Towards Health (PATH)
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan is offering a FREE six-week community workshop that meets 2½ hours once a week. It will benefit adults with long-term health problems including arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis and depression. Support persons are encouraged to attend.
Learn self-management skills, create an action plan, and learn tips on preventing low blood sugar and complications. Stress management, family communications, fitness, skin and foot care topics are covered.
• FREE DIABETES workshop
• Discover what works and what doesn’t
• Develop a personal action plan
• Gain confidence in this proactive approach
STARTING EARLY SEPTEMBER. Exact dates to be determined.
If you are interested in participating in Diabetes and Kidney Care PATH workshop, please contact: Suzan Moody, Wellness Center Director
CALENDAR
Aug 1 Mid-Michigan Honey Fest at Heritage Park, Kern Pavilion
Aug 11 20% Off Tuesday
Aug 11 Young Living Essential Oils Class @10am
Aug 12 Adelpha Thermography
Aug 19 NaturaNectar Demo & Talk
Aug 22 National Honey Bee Day
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