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Meadow BlazingStar Honey
Andrew Joseph & Catherine Rihm

Des Moines, IA
meadowblazingstarhoney@gmail.com
515 218 4817 (cell)
https://www.meadowblazingstarhoney.com/
Product Types: raw wildflower honey; creamed honey (no flavors added); various beeswax products including candles & filtered beeswax; propolis products

About Us
We are beekeepers in the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa caring for around 150-200 hives (depending on the year or the season) in & around Polk County including Madison, Warren, & Dallas Counties.
We sell our pure raw unfiltered honey, unflavored creamed honey, handmade beeswax items, and propolis tincture.
Everything we produce is harvested from our own hives: honey, beeswax, & propolis.

*In late January 2021 we will begin to incorporate another Iowa beekeeper's beeswax into our products. The beeswax we harvest from our own hives has always been enough to keep up with demand until our subsequent harvest, but we experienced such wonderful support in 2020 that we began to run low on our own wax in December of that year. We have purchased high quality 100% beeswax from beekeeping friends in Dallas County & will render it for use in our beeswax offerings. When we harvest in the fall of 2021, we will once again only use beeswax from our own hives. We are grateful to support another local beekeeper & thank our customers for such great sales!

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Ingredients
We offer our 100% raw unfiltered wildflower honey and filtered beeswax and propolis from our hives.

*See the note about our beeswax in the ABOUT US section.*

Practices (our standards for raising or making our products)
We care for our hives in & around Des Moines & operate our small family business out of our home in Beaverdale.

Our honey is pure, raw wildflower honey, a blend of honey the bees produced as they foraged on the various blooms available throughout the seasons of the year. We usually harvest in September each year & coarse-filter the honey. It is as straight-from-the-hive as possible!

Our handmade beeswax products are 100% natural beeswax rendered from our own hives. We render the wax cappings collected during honey harvest by giving them 3 water baths to remove debris as well as some of the embedded honey & pollen. This results in a clean wax that is suitable for use in cosmetics & candlemaking, yet it retains the beneficial properties of natural beeswax. We then fine filter the wax a minimum of one more time.

*See the note about our beeswax in the ABOUT US section.*

The propolis we use in our tincture is harvested from our own hives using plastic propolis traps. The traps provide a way to harvest clean propolis (rather than scraping propolis from equipment such as the wooden hive boxes & frames). After collecting the propolis, we carefully sort out & filter by hand any physical impurities.

Additional Information
What is raw wildflower honey?
* unheated
* unprocessed
* unpasteurized

Our pure, raw wildflower honey is as close to honey straight from the hive as possible.
Our honey is extracted, run through a coarse filter, & bottled for you!
The bees forage on a mix of wildflowers that come into bloom at different times over the seasons, so our resulting honey has a taste, flavor, & aroma that is a blend of the variety of flower species growing near the hives; these attributes will vary from extraction to extraction within a year as well as from year to year.

Why use 100% beeswax candles?
* all natural
* beautiful color
* subtle, honey-like scent
* slow- & clean-burning
* burns brightly, providing more light than other candles
* dripless & smokeless (in a draft-free environment)
* cleans the air as it burns (it emits negative ions, capturing & neutralizing dust, odors, mold, bacteria, other toxins)
* non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-carcinogenic


Highlights this Month
Spring 2021

Hello!

NEW PRODUCTS:
We have added a propolis tincture made with an Iowa vodka to join our tincture made with a regional organic vodka. Thank you to our IFC customers for requesting this!

We have added raw propolis (harvested from our hives) for those wishing to use it as an ingredient in their own creations.

Also by customer request, we have added a 12-oz plastic tub of our creamed honey.

Thank you for supporting local Iowa producers especially during these difficult times! We are glad we can continue to provide you with our products & so appreciate the IFC for giving us an outlet with which to do so.

We finished extracting for the 2020 season in August. We are grateful to have a yield of about 10,000 pounds, so we expect to have plenty of honey for you throughout 2021.

Our raw honey is a blend of what our bees foraged on throughout the seasons of 2020.

If you are purchasing our raw honey to give as a gift, consider purchasing it closer to the occasion as it could begin to crystallize before you are ready to present it.

We often can purchase particular size honey jars & types of candle molds due to customers requesting certain ones, so please know we are very receptive to suggestions!

THANK YOU for bringing our glass honey jars (don't worry about the lids) back to the IFC; we can sanitize them for reuse. We greatly appreciate the efforts & your friendliness toward the environment.
If you'd like to leave your name and IFC member number with what you bring back for us, we will include you in our regular drawings to receive a free jar of our honey--a small way for us to thank you!

We package our candles carefully to protect them from dust & dings & also so they make a nice presentation whether going home to you or to someone you are giving them as a gift to. However, if you wish to forgo fancier packaging, just leave us a comment when you order. We can package them simply & safely while saving on paper or plastic.

A selection of our honey, candles, & other beeswax products are on the shelves at the IFC at the Franklin Plaza, so you can get a hands-on look at some of our products there when you stop by to pick up your order.

If you ever need anything in a larger quantity than is listed on the IFC website, you are welcome to contact us. With enough notice, larger orders can certainly be accommodated. That is true, too, if you are interested in a certain size of honey container or shape of candle that is not currently listed--we are always happy to consider special orders.

Thank you for your interest! --Andy, Catherine, and Harlan

Honey & Syrups

Honey + Sorghum Syrup

Meadow Blazingstar Honey

Order ID Product Name [About Producer] Type Price
#8903 Click to enlarge Creamed Honey - (b) 12 oz hex-shaped glass jar Creamed Honey - (b) 12 oz hex-shaped glass jar
7 jars available. Order number of jars.
This is a pretty glass container that is nice for a present or as an addition to a gift basket.

Our creamed honey is made using 100% pure honey from our own hives. It has no additional flavors added.

Creamed honey, also called spun or churned honey, is honey that has been purposely crystallized by controlling its temperature. The result is a luxurious, smooth, spreadable treat that is great on cinnamon raisin toast, English muffins, as a dip for fruit, a topping for ice cream, and more!

To retain its consistency, store creamed honey at room temperature; do not let it get too warm, or it will be restored to liquid honey.

The lid is a gold metal lug cap with a plastic tamper-proof seal.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$8.00/jar
#13488 Click to enlarge Creamed Honey - (b) 12 oz plastic tub Creamed Honey - (b) 12 oz plastic tub
21 tubs available. Order number of tubs.
This is a plastic tub that makes an easy job of scooping out our thick honey spread!

Our creamed honey is made using 100% pure honey from our own hives. It has no additional flavors added.

Creamed honey, also called spun or churned honey, is honey that has been purposely crystallized by controlling its temperature. The result is a luxurious, smooth, spreadable treat that is great on cinnamon raisin toast, English muffins, as a dip for fruit, a topping for ice cream, and more!

To retain its consistency, store creamed honey at room temperature; do not let it get too warm, or it will be restored to liquid honey.
$8.00/tub
#8367 Click to enlarge Creamed Honey - (c) 1 lb glass jar Creamed Honey - (c) 1 lb glass jar
4 jars available. Order number of jars.
Our creamed honey is made using 100% pure honey from our own hives. It has no additional flavors added.

Creamed honey, also called spun or churned honey, is honey that has been purposely crystallized by controlling its temperature. The result is a luxurious, smooth, spreadable treat that is great on cinnamon raisin toast, English muffins, as a dip for fruit, a topping for ice cream, and more!

To retain its consistency, store creamed honey at room temperature; do not let it get too warm, or it will be restored to liquid honey.

The lid is white plastic with an inner foam liner as a safety seal.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$9.00/jar
#8578 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (a) 2 oz glass jar Pure Raw Honey - (a) 2 oz glass jar
31 jars available. Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

This is a small, elegant hexagon-shaped glass jar with a gold lid that is pretty in gift baskets, makes a nice, local gift for out-of-town family & friends, & is a great way to sample our honey without the commitment of a higher price point.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$2.00/jar
#9332 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (a) 2 oz plastic honey bear Pure Raw Honey - (a) 2 oz plastic honey bear
67 jars available. Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The irrepressible honey bear is cute in gift baskets, makes a nice, local gift for out-of-town family & friends, is a lightweight size for your honey-on-the-go needs, & is a great way to sample our honey without the commitment of a higher price point.
$2.00/jar
#9229 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (b) 5 oz glass jar Pure Raw Honey - (b) 5 oz glass jar
33 jars available. Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

This is a small, elegant hexagon-shaped glass jar with a gold lid that is pretty in gift baskets, makes a nice, local gift for out-of-town family & friends, & is a great way to sample our honey without the commitment of a higher price point.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$4.00/jar
#13263 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (c) 11.8 oz glass jar Pure Raw Honey - (c) 11.8 oz glass jar
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw wildflower honey from our own hives.

The honey is bottled in a slender glass jar embossed with a honeycomb design. It has a metal lug (threaded) lid with a depiction of a honey bee & coneflower.

This jar makes a pretty gift and is recyclable or can be reused as a unique container for other things. It can also be returned to the IFC for reuse.
$7.00/jar
#12560 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (c) 13 oz glass honey bear Pure Raw Honey - (c) 13 oz glass honey bear
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw wildflower honey from our own hives.
The honey is bottled in a glass bear-shaped jar with a gold-colored metal lug (threaded) lid.

This jar makes a great gift and is a nice option if you’re a honey bear-lover but wish to avoid plastic. The jar is recyclable or can be reused as a unique container for other things. The empty, rinsed jar may also be returned to the IFC for reuse.
$9.00/jar
#8368 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (c) 8 oz plastic bear Pure Raw Honey - (c) 8 oz plastic bear
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw wildflower honey from our own hives.
The honey is bottled in a squeezable BPA-free plastic bear-shaped jar with a lid that has a foam liner as a safety seal.
The jar is not dishwasher-safe.
$4.75/jar
#8366 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (d) 1 lb plastic jar *$1 OFF THIS CYCLE!* Pure Raw Honey - (d) 1 lb plastic jar *$1 OFF THIS CYCLE!*
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The lid has a safety seal.

If you prefer a glass jar, please see our separate listing for that item.

This PETE plastic jar is not dishwasher-safe.
$7.00/jar
#8365 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (d) 1 lb glass jar *$1 OFF THIS CYCLE!* Pure Raw Honey - (d) 1 lb glass jar *$1 OFF THIS CYCLE!*
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The lid has a safety seal.

If you prefer a BPA-free plastic squeeze jar, please see our separate listing for that item.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$7.00/jar
#8369 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (e) 2 lb glass jar Pure Raw Honey - (e) 2 lb glass jar
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The lid has a safety seal.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$14.00/jar
#10202 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (e) 2 lb plastic jar Pure Raw Honey - (e) 2 lb plastic jar
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The lid has a safety seal.

If you prefer a glass jar, please see our separate listing for that item.

This PETE plastic jar is not dishwasher-safe.
$14.00/jar
#12310 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (f) 3 lb plastic jar Pure Raw Honey - (f) 3 lb plastic jar
18 jars available. Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw wildflower honey from our own hives.

Due to a disruption in the availability of the squeezable jar we've normally used for this size, we have switched to a translucent container with a wider mouth & a handle.
It is the little sister in style to our 6 lb plastic jug.

The lid has an inner foam liner as a safety seal.
The jug is not dishwasher-safe but is microwavable. (It is not recommended to microwave honey, however.)
$19.50/jar
#9392 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (f) 4 lb glass jar Pure Raw Honey - (f) 4 lb glass jar
Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

This is a majestic glass jar that has a lid with a safety seal.

If it's convenient, please return this jar to the IFC for reuse.
$24.00/jar
#8370 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (g) 6 lb (half gallon) plastic jug Pure Raw Honey - (g) 6 lb (half gallon) plastic jug
Order number of jugs.
100% pure, raw wildflower honey from our own hives.
The honey is bottled in a translucent plastic jug with a handle.
The lid has an inner foam liner as a safety seal.
The jug is not dishwasher-safe but is microwavable. (It is not recommended to microwave honey.)
$32.00/jug
#8882 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (h) 12 lb (1 gallon) plastic jar Pure Raw Honey - (h) 12 lb (1 gallon) plastic jar
18 jars available. Order number of jars.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

This is a BPA-free translucent, durable HDPE plastic jar with a white wide mouth plastic lid that has an inner foam liner as a safety seal.
The plastic container is not dishwasher safe.
$52.00/jar
#8883 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey - (i) 24 lb (2 gallon) plastic pail Pure Raw Honey - (i) 24 lb (2 gallon) plastic pail
7 pails available. Order number of pails.
100% pure, raw honey from our own hives.

The BPA-free pail is heavy gauge white plastic and has a strong, well-attached bail with a hand grip and a tight-sealing lid.
$100.00/pail
#8371 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey Sticks Pure Raw Honey Sticks
Order number of sticks.
This is our 100% pure raw wildflower honey packaged in a plastic straw. This honey is from our own hives.

To open, cut the tip & enjoy!
(Or perfect the technique of popping it open with your teeth.)

These are a definite kid-pleaser, are convenient to take along for use in tea, oatmeal, & other on-the-go treats, & are perfect additions to gift baskets.
$0.25/stick
#12368 Click to enlarge Pure Raw Honey Sticks - 5 for $1 Pure Raw Honey Sticks - 5 for $1
Order number of bundles.
Our 100% pure raw wildflower honey packaged in a plastic straw. This honey is from our own hives.

To open, cut the tip & enjoy!
(Or perfect the technique of popping it open with your teeth.)

These are a definite kid-pleaser, are convenient to take along for use in tea, oatmeal, & other on-the-go treats, & are perfect additions to gift baskets.
$1.00/bundle

Personal Care

Lotion + Lip Care

Meadow Blazingstar Honey

Order ID Product Name [About Producer] Type Price
#11546 Click to enlarge Lip Balm Peppermint Lip Balm Peppermint
12 tubes available. Order number of tubes.
Soothe & nourish dry lips with this natural lip balm.
It has a mild peppermint flavor & is made with our own beeswax.

Ingredients: (part-Iowa): beeswax (rendered from our hives), organic coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, lanolin, vitamin E oil, peppermint oil.

Net wt. 0.2 oz (5 g)
$2.90/tube
#8884 Click to enlarge Lip Balm Rosemary Mint Lip Balm Rosemary Mint
11 tubes available. Order number of tubes.
Soothe & nourish dry lips with this natural lip balm.
It has a mild rosemary & mint flavor & is made with our own beeswax.

Ingredients: (part-Iowa): beeswax (rendered from our hives), organic coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, lanolin, vitamin E oil, organic rosemary oil, peppermint oil.

Net wt. 0.2 oz (5 g).
$2.90/tube
#9852 Click to enlarge Lip Balm Sweet Orange Peppermint Lip Balm Sweet Orange Peppermint
10 tubes available. Order number of tubes.
Soothe & nourish dry lips with this natural lip balm.
It has a mild orange & mint flavor & is made with our own beeswax.

Ingredients: (part-Iowa): beeswax (rendered from our hives), organic coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, lanolin, vitamin E oil, sweet orange oil, peppermint oil.

Net wt. 0.2 oz (5 g)
$2.90/tube
#13394 Click to enlarge Propolis - Raw - 1 oz (28g) Propolis - Raw - 1 oz (28g)
Order number of ounces.
Propolis is a sticky, microbially active resinous substance produced by plants to protect their leaf or flower buds during development & is also secreted around plant wounds for protection from bacteria & fungi.

Honey bees gather propolis from trees & plants & use it to seal cracks & crevices in the hives. The propolis protects the hive from bacteria & fungi similar to how it protects the plants.

We use propolis traps on our hives to harvest clean propolis. After collecting the propolis, we carefully sort out & filter by hand any physical impurities. It is raw & unprocessed in any other way.

It is best to keep propolis in the refrigerator or freezer as it becomes very sticky & unworkable when at room temperature or warmer.

If you need it in powder form, use a dedicated mortar & pestle or coffee grinder as propolis is very sticky & can stain.

Among a variety of valuable attributes, propolis is thought to be anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, & anti-inflammatory. It has a long history as a healer: for thousand of years, it has been used as an antiseptic, an anesthetic, & a wound-healer, among many other things.

Raw propolis can be used as an ingredient in your homemade treatments: added to lotions, creams, & salves, it has restorative capabilities for the skin. It has been used for minor cuts, acne, minor burns, dermatitis, & scars.

Use it with the ingredients you prefer to create your own tincture. A one ounce portion is enough to make 4-5 fluid ounces of tincture if following the common recipe for propolis tincture made with food grade grain alcohol.

Some ingest propolis tincture as a dietary supplement to help boost the immune system & to ward off illnesses, allergies, skin issues, joint pain, & more. Some take the tincture internally by daily adding a few drops (approximately 5-15 drops or a fraction of a teaspoon) to water, tea, juice, or a spoon of honey. Propolis tincture is also thought to help with oral care including cold sores, inflamed tonsils, toothaches, sore throats, & dental plaque. In our home, we most commonly use it topically to ward off dry hands from harsh winter weather or long days in the garden.

Long a folk remedy, to date no government-regulated agency has accepted propolis as an approved method for the treatment or prevention of any condition. Raw propolis has not been evaluated by the FDA, & we cannot claim to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Enjoy working with this wonderfully scented, natural, and amazing product provided by our bees!

The photo represents one ounce of raw propolis.
$12.00/ounce
#13468 Click to enlarge Propolis 20% Tincture - 1 fl oz (30 ml) - Made With Iowa Vodka Propolis 20% Tincture - 1 fl oz (30 ml) - Made With Iowa Vodka
12 bottles available. Order number of bottles.
This is a 20% propolis solution made with 80-proof Iowa vodka & propolis that we harvested from our hives.

We use an Iowa vodka for this tincture for those preferring Iowa ingredients over organic ones.

Propolis is a sticky, microbially active resinous substance produced by plants to protect their leaf or flower buds during development & is also secreted around plant wounds for protection from bacteria & fungi.

Honey bees gather propolis from trees & plants & use it to seal cracks & crevices in the hives. The propolis protects the hive from bacteria & fungi similar to how it protects the plants.

We use propolis traps on our hives to harvest clean propolis. After collecting the propolis, we carefully sort out & filter by hand any physical impurities. The propolis is raw & unprocessed in any other way. We then use food-grade grain alcohol to extract its properties.

Among a variety of valuable attributes, propolis is thought to be anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, & anti-inflammatory. It has a long history as a healer: for thousand of years, it has been used as an antiseptic, an anesthetic, & a wound-healer, among many other things.

This tincture can be used as an ingredient in your homemade treatments: added to lotions, creams, & salves, it has restorative capabilities for the skin.

Some ingest propolis tincture as a dietary supplement to help boost the immune system & to ward off illnesses, allergies, skin issues, joint pain, & more. Some take the tincture internally by daily adding a few drops (approximately 5-15 drops or a fraction of a teaspoon) to water, tea, juice, or a spoon of honey.

Propolis tincture is also thought to help with oral care including cold sores, inflamed tonsils, toothaches, sore throats, & dental plaque.

In our home, we most commonly use it topically to ward off dry hands from harsh winter weather or long days in the garden.

Long a folk remedy, to date no government-regulated agency has accepted propolis as an approved method for the treatment or prevention of any condition. Raw propolis has not been evaluated by the FDA, & we cannot claim to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Enjoy working with this wonderfully scented, natural, and amazing product provided by our bees!

This tincture is decanted into an amber glass bottle to offer the best protection from UV light & comes with a sealed dropper "pipette" lid for easier measurement.

It will last a minimum of one year if stored in a cool, dark place. Most information indicates propolis tincture can last 3-4 years or more.

INGREDIENTS: (all-Iowa) 80-proof corn grain alcohol (vodka) & propolis harvested from our own hives
$12.50/bottle
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