It is unfortunately, the season for sun burns.  Most people I know love to use fresh aloe or the gels found in most stores as their solution to the problem.  Queen Bee has always used aloe in our hand creams after we discovered that it allows our heavy duty creams to sink into the skin [...] (more…)

Next week, the bee hive needs to close for all the worker bees to take their summer vacations.  Beginning Thursday July 22nd there will be no shipments out until August 1st.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.  If you live in the area of Pagosa Springs, you can go to (more…)

Many women think nothing of spending ten to fifteen minutes applying makeup.  Yet, research shows that we are only spending about twenty seconds cleaning their face and often missing our neck and decollete.  All year, but especially during the summer months we are exposing our (more…)

Okay, so we have been having some cold afternoons in Pagosa Springs.  As the calender rolled over to August though, a reminder popped up about staffing for the Denver Holiday Mart!  Oh My.  Already.  Holiday shows!  Well, at least the snow removal is still far off in the distance.
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Many of you Queen Bee Sauce fans know that we work hard to be green.  We recycle all the materials that our vendors ship us.  We reuse packing materials and shred paper.  The Queen composts with worms and mulch piles.  We don’t produce lots of printed marketing materials (more…)

Julie Gay was recently visiting Pagosa Springs.  She was on vacation, but during her stay she read an article about Queen Bee.  Of course she wanted to try our raw shea butter and was hooked instantly.  On her return home, she was so enthusiastic that she put together a big opening (more…)

Queen Bee skin care wants you to have the facts on these nasty preservatives that are commonly found in skin care products.
 

According to the Environmental Protection Agency:
 

Parabens are a family of chemical preservatives which include the commonly used methyl, propyl, butyl (more…)

 
In the little town of Pagosa Springs, we take our gardening seriously.  Pagosa Feed & Seed was very selective about carrying our gardener’s hand cream, but after trying it they were finally convinced.  At first whiff, the lemongrass will convince you to give it a try, (more…)

Many Americans suffer from eczema it is brought on by stress and extreme dry skin. It is commonly treated with expensive topical steroidal creams such as Protopic and Elidel. These creams, required by the FDA to warn about their potential cancer risk, have been linked to sterility (more…)

You already know dangers the sun poses to your skin. Despite our best efforts to cover our skin, someone in your home will probably suffer painful sunburn this summer. If you accidentally stay out in the sun to long, forget to take your sunscreen to the beach, or lose track of time (more…)