Honey Glow

Hello local Honey Glow friends,

Honey Glow, from Berwyn Heights, is excited to share that we’ll be a vendor at Sparkle Mart (aka Festival of Lights) this weekend at the Greenbelt Community Center sponsored by the Greenbelt Recreation ARTS 🎁🐝

You can find us in ROOM 109 - next door to the restrooms! 😉

Event: Sparkle Mart – Greenbelt’s Juried Art & Craft Fair
(with live music and food trucks)

Location: Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Hours:

Saturday, December 6: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Sunday, December 7: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

At the Honey Glow table, you’ll find:

🍯 Local honey (including adorable gift-giving bottles and gift boxes)
🕯️ 100% beeswax candles in lots of shapes and sizes
💡 Wooden, beautifully designed laser-engraved lamps that bring a warm, cozy glow
🕯️ Cherrywood candle holders, beautifully crafted to show off that candlelight
🎁 Gift boxes of honey and candles to make your holiday gift-giving super easy
🪵 Handmade cutting boards (NEW designs engraving as I type!)– perfect for your holiday table or gifting

✨ Plus skin care goodies! ✨
🤲 Hand salve made with our own honey and beeswax
💋 Nourishing lip balms made with honey and beeswax
🧴 Creamy goat’s milk lotion for winter-dry skin

And of course, we’ll be featuring our delicious Berwyn Heights honey, harvested right from our own backyard hives — truly local and truly small-batch. (Thank you for planting flowers for the pollinators!)

We’ll have something for just about every budget, with prices beginning at $3.00. Most of our pricing hasn’t changed in almost four years, as we’ve tried hard to keep our handmade items as affordable and accessible as possible for our neighbors and friends. 💛

You’ll also see another Berwyn Heights neighbor at Sparkle Mart, including Berwyn Heights resident and potter, Julie Boynton, who is always a beloved vendor at this show with her beautiful pottery. It’s a wonderful chance to support talented local artists and makers from right here in our community.

The weather is looking cool and crisp, perfect for a cozy day of indoor holiday shopping at the Community Center.

Sparkle Mart is a great chance to:

Support local makers and small businesses

Get a jump on your holiday shopping

Enjoy the festive Winter Lights atmosphere in Greenbelt

Please feel free to share this with friends and neighbors—admission is free, and we’d love to see familiar faces.

Attached are some of our products we sell...not all of these are on our website yet. You can also view some of our wares on Instagram too! (https://www.instagram.com/honeyglowproducts)

If you cannot make it to the show, you are always welcome to call/text me for curbside orders.

Hope to see you at Sparkle Mart this weekend! 🌟

Warmly,

Therese Forbes
Bee lady and Chief Maker @ Honey Glow
http://www.Honey-Glow.com

These hydrangeas started in our apiary and ended up in these beautiful dried arrangement made by Stephanie from Blue Berwyn Farm.

I love how local farmers and makers team up to bring the best of our gardens to our community. When you shop Hollywood Farmers Market, you’re supporting so many hands working together behind the scenes. 💛

What’s your favorite find at a farmer's market?

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To learn more about the initiative, join our October community meeting.

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🐝✨ Celebrate September's National Honey Month with Honey Glow! ✨🐝

Join us this Saturday, Sept. 13th at the Hollywood Farmers Market in MOM's Organic Market parking lot in Hollywood, MD from 10 AM – 1 PM for a buzzing good time! 🐝

👨‍🌾 Meet Jeff, Honey Glow’s chief beekeeper, and get an up-close look at our bees in his award-winning observation hive – it’s like stepping inside the heart of the hive!

🍯 FREE Honey Tastings – discover the sweet flavors of our latest harvest.

🎨🐝 Kid-Friendly Activities – fun, hands-on ways for little ones to learn about the magical life of honey bees.

Don’t miss this chance to celebrate bees, taste fresh honey, and learn why these tiny pollinators are such a big deal. 🐝💛

📍 Hollywood Farmers Market
📅 Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025
⏰ observe the hive from 10 AM – 1 PM

Hi Friends!

I’m writing to ask for your help with something that I believe matters deeply to the future of agriculture and pollinator health in the U.S.

The USDA has opened a 30-day public comment period to gather feedback on a proposed reorganization plan. This plan includes relocating thousands of USDA positions and could result in the closure of the Bee Research Laboratory (BRL) in Beltsville, Maryland.

This lab is one of the most important centers for honey bee health research in the world. It provides essential disease diagnostics for beekeepers across the country and leads national efforts to understand and reduce colony losses. With honey bees contributing over $20 billion to the U.S. economy each year through pollination, this work is critical.

Closing or relocating the lab would disrupt vital research and services. Beltsville offers unique advantages that cannot be replicated elsewhere. Its seasonal climate is essential for studying overwintering losses and disease dynamics. The lab is also located in a relatively secluded area, away from major commercial beekeeping centers, which helps prevent disease spillover during sensitive research.

In addition, Beltsville’s proximity to Washington, D.C. makes it a natural gathering point for beekeepers from across the country. Many visit the USDA lab while they are in town to meet with their representatives. This accessibility strengthens the connection between science, policy, and the beekeeping community.

It’s also important to recognize that the scientists and staff at the lab have built their lives in this region. Asking them to relocate would likely mean asking many of them to resign. That loss of expertise would be devastating. Here’s how you can help:

Send a comment to USDA by August 26, 2025
Email: [email protected]

Share why the Bee Research Lab should remain in Beltsville
You can speak from the heart or refer to the attached support letter for key points.

Spread the word to others who care about bees, agriculture, and science. Every voice makes a difference.

Find the USDA’s official announcement here: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/08/01/usda-opens-public-comment-period-department-reorganization-plan

This is a critical moment. Let’s come together to protect this essential research and ensure that USDA continues to serve our agricultural communities effectively.
Thank you for taking the time to speak up.

Here is a boilerplate email you can edit to your liking....

TO: [email protected]
RE: Disastrous fallout of dismantling the Bee Research Lab
I am one of thousands of beekeepers in my state who depends on the research performed at the Bee Research Lab in Beltsville, MD to keep my honey bees alive. The assets at the lab took decades to build. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It cannot function at a high level if it is divided into pieces and shipped to disparate places. The close proximity of all the moving parts, all the brain trust, and the layout of the property is a critical feature.
Please do not dismantle the Bee Research Lab. We need it functioning at full speed to combat deadly issues facing honey bees, including invasive parasites, and new and mutating viruses.

USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Calling all honey lovers! We have Maryland honey for sale! For curbside pickup call 301-982-7505 or order on our website https://www.Honey-Glow.com

Honey Glow will be at the Hollywood Farmers Market this Saturday with a variety of plants: veggies and flowers. We have a special on our pollinator friendly plant, the Anise Hyssop, $15/ea and 3 for $37! Stop by our tent and get a variety of plants to beautiful your place or just to give as a gift. We will have all our other goodies there too, honey, candles, skin products, laser engraved wood crafts and more!

🌟 Exciting News from Honey Glow! 🌟

We're thrilled to announce that our luxurious Goat's Milk Lotion is now on sale for 25% off! 🐐✨ Discount taken at checkout @ https://honey-glow.com/discount/LubeUp2024?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fbody-lotion

Why Goat's Milk Lotion?

Goat's milk is a natural wonder, packed with vitamins and minerals that nourish and hydrate your skin. Here's why you'll love it:

Deep Moisturization: Goat's milk is rich in fatty acids and triglycerides, which help to deeply moisturize and soften the skin.

Nourishment: Loaded with essential nutrients like Vitamin A, B6, B12, and E, our lotion helps to rejuvenate your skin.

Gentle on Sensitive Skin: Its natural properties make it ideal for all skin types, including sensitive and dry skin.

Why Replenish Moisture?

Keeping your skin hydrated is key to maintaining its elasticity, softness, and overall health. Our Goat's Milk Lotion helps to:

Combat Dryness: Prevent and soothe dry, flaky skin.

Enhance Skin Barrier: Strengthen your skin's natural barrier, protecting it from environmental damage.

Promote Youthful Glow: Hydrated skin looks plumper and more radiant, giving you a youthful glow.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic offer!
Head over to our website and indulge in the natural goodness of Honey Glow's Goat's Milk Lotion. Your skin will thank you! 🌼

🛒 Shop now and enjoy 25% off at checkout! 🛒
👉 Purchase here

🌟🐝 Get Ready for a Sweet Adventure! 🌟🐝

🎉 This Saturday, April 27th, Honey Glow is buzzing over to the Hollywood Farmers Market! Join us and other amazing vendors from 10 AM to 2 PM and dive into our world of pure, sustainably sourced honey. 🍯💫 It's all happening right near your backyard in the Town of Berwyn Heights!

📍 Where: 9801 Rhode Island Ave, College Park, MD
📅 When: Saturday, April 27
⏰ Time: 10 AM - 2 PM

We're thrilled to meet you and let you taste the true flavors of nature! 🌿🍯



Photo credit: Therese Forbes from Honey Glow