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Notes from the Hive

Welcome to Notes from the Hive, an in-progress collection of small nature-led stories, honey recipes, everyday natural care and living well.

Inspired by our native Irish honeybees, rooted in nature and written for everyone.

Inside the Sleeping Hive: A Winter Solstice Tale

The Winter Solstice, the longest day which marks the gentle turning of the year. It feels like the waiting for a long slow breath out has come. Inside the hive, the bees are doing the same.

Gwen Earnshaw

Dec 23, 20252 min read

three beeswax candles in ceramic pots sitting on a round block of beeswax with a beekeeper skep in the background

From Hive to Home: "The Story Behind Our Pure Beeswax Candles"

Our little golden candles begin as a whisper in a beehive—thousands of tiny bees working together for countless hours to create the golden fragrant wax that now glows in your hands.

Gwen Earnshaw

Dec 7, 20252 min read

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Notes from the Hive

Inside the Sleeping Hive: A Winter Solstice Tale

From Hive to Home: "The Story Behind Our Pure Beeswax Candles"