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A great book written by Deborah Dolen for any beekeeper who wants to learn what products he/she can create with left over by-products of beekeeping.  The Beekeepers Digest is also a great read for any bee enthusiast.  This digest is full of formulas tested by Deborah Dolen to create finished products with every raw material created by bees.  Many beekeepers know how to make honey and pollen, as a food source, but few know how to make salves, balms, lotions, infusions and candles.  Deborah Dolen's The Beekeepers Digest, was written for 3rd world countries to learn how to make finished products with their bee by-products and this book is a beautiful journey about bees, which includes a story for children and loaded with craft ideas, recipes and formula's for making lip balm, candles, beeswax hearts, lotion, bee pollen products, healing salves, infused honey, medicinal syrups and the list is endless! A great read for any bee enthusiast! About the Author

Click here for table of contents.  Copyright © Deborah Dolen 2006-2011 Registered National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ISBN 098269041X.
 

Excerpt of The Beekeeper's Digest:  Favorite Formulas from The Beekeepers Digest  by Deborah Dolen on BlogSpot 

 

The Beekeeper's Digest  was written by Deborah Dolen in 2006 for beekeepers who wanted to know how to maximize their use of bee by-products.  Lip balm and hand crème are two of many examples. In compiling the book Deborah Dolen found bees extremely fascinating and immersed herself in everything to do with bees for several months.  Among other inspirations Deborah Dolen visited many bee keeping facilities and delivering myriad of beneficial lessons, recipes and formulas here in The Beekeepers Digest. 

 

 

In respect to bee by-products Deborah Dolen found so much value in every bee by-product she professed she would “pick a beehive” if she had only one choice of food source on a desert island.  Pollen, for example, has so many vitamins, minerals and trace nutrients man could live on bee pollen alone – not bread.   Beeswax has natural and inherent sun screen properties and is an excellent protect ant for the lips and skin.  Beeswax is also one of the few natural emulsifiers [materials that can make oil and water mix] used since people started keeping bees.   Basically with bee by products a person can make:  Lip Balm, Hand and Foot Crème’s, healing salves, nutritional foods, natural wax jelly,  cough and other healing syrups, home cleaning products such as waxes, and even treats such as Deborah Dolen’s favorite candy on earth Honey-O-Bit, the easy recipe included in The Beekeeper's Digest.  Read Genetically Modified Bees by Deborah Dolen where she feels our bees pollinating off genetically modified corn pollen is the reason they are experiencing immune system shut downs.  Copyright © Deborah Dolen 2006-2011
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The Beekeeper's Digest Bath and Body Formula’s Include:
 
All Purpose Beeswax Balm Base Makes 6 Ounces/170 ml
Natural Wax Jelly Makes 8 four ounce Jars/946 ml
Better than Vick’s Cold Chest Rub. 52
Like Burt—Bemis Bees Formulas. 53
Bemis’s Bees Almond Milk Thick Lip and Body Balm:  Makes 6 Ounces/177 ml 54
Banana and Beeswax Thick Lip and Body Balm   Makes 6 Ounces or 170 Grams. 54
Cocoa Bee Thick Lip and Body Balm   Makes 6 Ounces or 170 Grams. 55
Bee Venom Muscle Rub:  Like Tiger Balm.. 55
Antiseptic Bee Balm:    Makes 5  Ounces or 141 Grams. 56
BEE-Lieve Lotion Body Bar  Makes 8 Ounces or 226 Grams. 56
Cough Syrup, Basic United Kingdom:  Honey, Lemon and Glycerin. 57
Variations of Cough Honey and Glycerin Cough Syrup. 57
Gardeners Hand Crème   Makes 6 Ounces or 170 Grams. 57
Honey and Vanilla Hand Crème. 58
Itch Relief Salve ( Good for poison ivy, poison oak ) 58
Lavender & Eucalyptus Ointment 59
Lip Gloss. 59
Peppermint & Coconut Foot Crème 

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Food & Craft Recipes Include:
 
Wall Décor Rustic Moulding. 63
Beeswax Wood Finish (for bare wood) 64
Beeswax Wood Conditioner (for previously finished wood) 64
Gourmet Food Recipes. 65
Bee Pollen and Honey Carob Candy. 65
Bit of Honey/Almond Candy. 65
BBQ Honey Sauce:  The Best Ever by Mabel White. 66
Granola Basic Recipe & Variations. 66
High Energy Smoothie Recipe with Bee Pollen. 67
Honey Butter 67
Gourmet Honey Popcorn Balls. 68
Honey Roasted Nuts. 68
Honey Vanilla Syrup. 68
BBQ Honey Sauce:  The Best Ever by Mabel White. 66
Granola Basic Recipe & Variations. 66
High Energy Smoothie Recipe with Bee Pollen. 67
Honey Butter 67
Gourmet Honey Popcorn Balls. 68
Honey Roasted Nuts. 68
Honey Vanilla Syrup. 68
Making Hand Rolled Beeswax Candles. 69
Directions for Bees Wax Candles: 70

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Other books by Deborah Dolen

Previous Mabel White DIY formula books, written by Deborah Dolen include The Bathroom Chemist and The Self Apothecary, and The Beekeepers Digest are recipe, technique and formula heavy, offering a broad creative range. They are also pretty much a prerequisite if you are new to making your own toiletries, where The London Apothecary formulatory is more advanced, having a newer and definite focus on perfected techniques of making the actual base balm, natural wax jelly, lotion, and truly hard bath bombs.  In part due to newer methods discovered during 2004 and 2005.  We know you will enjoy this book and it will be a basis of your library!  Have fun!