The Giddy Bee

👑🐝 CAN YOU SPOT THE QUEEN?

Hive inspections sometimes feel like the world’s hardest game of Where’s Waldo? — except everything is moving. 😂

Thousands of bees can cover a single frame, and somewhere among them we’re looking for ONE very important lady.

Once you know what you’re looking for, the queen starts to stand out. Her abdomen is longer than the worker bees around her, she can appear darker, and there’s something about the way she moves through the hive — she walks with conviction. 👑

But here’s the thing: we don’t have to find the queen during every inspection.

What’s even more important is finding evidence that she’s there and doing her job. Fresh eggs, developing larvae, and healthy brood tell us a lot about what’s happening inside the colony — even when Her Majesty decides she doesn’t feel like making an appearance. 👀

Still…

There’s something incredibly reassuring about actually putting eyes on the queen. Every. Single. Time. 💛

So take a look at this frame.

🔎 Can you spot her before reading the answer?

👑 QUEEN REVEAL: Look toward the bottom center of the frame. See that longer darker abdomen tucked among all those workers? There she is!

Once you learn to see her, you’ll wonder how you ever missed her. 🐝

🚨🐝 WELL…APPARENTLY WE FORGOT TO TURN THE SALE OFF.

Our Last Chance Collection Buy 2, Get 1 FREE sale was supposed to end in mid-August.

It did not. 😂

And since we’re the ones who forgot to turn it off…YOU WIN.

We’re officially letting it ride through August 31. 🎉

That means you have through TOMORROW to shop the Last Chance Collection and Buy 2, Get 1 FREE before we finally — and we mean it this time — turn the sale off.

But here’s the important part: these aren’t just products we’re putting on sale.

👋 They’re going away.

Not necessarily forever.
Maybe just for now.
Some may come back seasonally.
Some may get a makeover.
And, well…some might actually be gone forever. 👀

So if there’s something in the Last Chance Collection you love, this is your sign to stock up while you still can.

🐝 Buy 2, Get 1 FREE
⏰ Ends August 31
👋 When they’re gone, they’re gone…at least for now.

And yes, we promise we’ll actually turn the sale off this time. 😂

✨ RESTOCK + REFRESH at Southern Lion! 🐝🍯

Pineville, we gave our Southern Lion space a little Giddy Bee glow-up — and she is looking GOOD. 💛

We’ve restocked your favorites, brought in some fresh seasonal honeys, AND added something new that we are completely obsessed with…

🌼 Our Bee Kind Gift Dishes! 🌼

These might be one of our favorite gifts we’ve ever created. Each one is filled with a curated collection of Giddy Bee favorites and built around a terra cotta dish that doesn’t have to become part of the packaging waste. Once the goodies are gone, turn it into a simple bee watering station for your garden. 🐝💧🌿

A beautiful gift with a purpose — and a little way to keep giving back to the pollinators long after the gifting is done.

You’ll also find:
🍯 Fresh seasonal + local honey
🐝 Beeswax body care favorites
🧼 Goat Milk + Honey Loofah Soap
💛 Lip balms, lotion bars & more

If you’re in Pineville, stop by Southern Lion and see what’s new. Our shelves are full again…for now. 😉

📍 Southern Lion | Pineville, NC

If you’ve been waiting to try The Giddy Bee but weren’t quite sure where to start… start with the favorites. 🐝🍯

These four have earned their place as some of our most-loved products:

🍯 Beeswax Lip Balm — simple, nourishing everyday moisture
🌿 Beeswax Herbal Lotion Bars — rich, concentrated moisture without the bottle
🥛 Goat Milk + Honey Soap — a creamy, gentle lather handcrafted in small batches
🐝 Cracked Heel Balm — hardworking moisture for dry, rough feet and heels

Whether you’re treating yourself or putting together a gift, these four are a wonderful introduction to The Giddy Bee and what we’re all about.

Small batches. Thoughtful ingredients. Herbs and essential oils. Beeswax and honey. And whenever we can, ingredients grown right here in our own backyard. 🌿🐝

We make products that are uncomplicated, useful, and rooted in the things we love most — the hive, the garden, and a little everyday ritual.

Not sure where to begin? These are the four we’d put in your hands first. 💛

🍯 A little behind-the-scenes peek at what we’re preparing for Honey of the Southeast!

Today we’re carefully packaging Orange Blossom Honey from Honey Feast Apiary in Clermont, Florida—one of the beautiful varietal honeys guests will experience during our upcoming guided honey tasting at Windcrest Farm on August 20 & 22.

The Giddy Bee is a small honey operation, and while we’re incredibly proud of the honey our own bees produce, there’s an entire world of honey we simply can’t make here in South Carolina.

And that’s part of the magic. 🐝

We intentionally source exceptional varietal honeys from trusted beekeepers and apiaries across the Southeast so we can explore how place, season and botanical source show up in the jar.

Orange Blossom is one of those honeys. 🍊🍯

During Honey of the Southeast, we’ll taste our way through six distinctive honeys and learn what makes each one different—from aroma and color to texture, flavor and finish.

And we’re making this experience a little more special: the honeys featured in the tasting will be available for purchase exclusively to class participants. So if you fall in love with this Orange Blossom? You’ll have the opportunity to take some home.

📍 Windcrest Farm
📅 August 20 & August 22
🍯 Guided by The Giddy Bee. There are still a few seats left - link in the bio

Come taste the Southeast—one spoonful at a time. 🐝

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Tasting Table Tuesday 🍯🐝 | Breakfast Edition

Most mornings, this is how I start my day: vanilla yogurt, fresh berries, banana, a little granola… and then two of my favorite gifts from the hive — a pinch of bee pollen and, of course, a drizzle of honey. 🍓🍌🍯

Honey tasting doesn’t always have to mean sitting down with a tasting spoon and analyzing flavor notes. Sometimes it’s simply learning how to bring different honeys into the foods you already enjoy.

I love adding just a small pinch of bee pollen to my breakfast for a little extra texture and a naturally nutrient-rich boost from the hive. And honey? Well… I’m probably biased, but I’m convinced it belongs on just about everything. 😂🐝

The honey I’m using today is what I call House Honey. It’s the jar where I collect the last little bits from different batches — the honey that’s too good to leave behind, even when there isn’t quite enough for its own jar. The result is always a little different, with a blend of flavors from whatever I’ve been enjoying lately. It may not have a formal varietal name, but it’s one of my favorite kinds of honey because it’s a delicious snapshot of the hive.

Try changing up the honey you drizzle over your yogurt, too. A light floral honey can taste completely different alongside berries than a darker, richer varietal — and even a jar of House Honey can turn an everyday breakfast into its own little tasting experience.

This is what Tasting Table Tuesday is really about: slowing down, tasting intentionally, and discovering just how wonderfully diverse honey can be.

What honey would you drizzle on your breakfast? 🍯

🐝🐶 Apparently, I have a beekeeper in training.

If you don’t think Dexter is a beekeeper at heart, just look at that intensity. 😂

This hound dog will sit outside the bee yard completely mesmerized—quiet, patient, and watching every bee come and go. Honestly, he observes them exactly like a beekeeper should. No fuss. No bothering the girls. Just sitting back and paying attention. I think he gets it. 🐝

Now…the other three dogs are a different story.

One wants absolutely NOTHING to do with the bee yard. I’m assuming she learned a very important lesson involving a stinger at some point and has decided that bees are best admired from a considerable distance. 😂

Another keeps his distance…but apparently still thinks the occasional flying bee looks like something that should be caught out of the air. 🤦‍♀️ We’re working on that.

And the youngest? He hasn’t quite figured out what he thinks about the bees yet. He just knows he loves hiding in the ivy near the apiary and watching Mom do whatever strange thing Mom is doing today.

But Dexter? Dexter watches the hives like he’s waiting for me to hand him a veil and a hive tool.

I have a confession: dogs were my first love, long before bees. ❤️

I have four rescues who bring me every bit as much joy as my bees do. Life with dogs can be just as rewarding, entertaining, unpredictable, and humbling as life with bees.

So when those two worlds overlap—and one of my dogs decides he might just be a beekeeper too—I can’t help but share it with you.

Good boy, Dexter. Keep watching the girls. 🐶🐝💛

Rock Hill… we owe you a restock. 🐝😂

Life has been life-ing lately, and with some family things needing our attention, our little space at White Street Station didn’t get quite the love it deserved for a minute.

But we’re BACK. 💛

We stopped in, gave our space some much-needed attention, filled the shelves, and brought back all your Giddy Bee favorites — plus a few extras.

🍯 Honey
🐝 Honey Straws
🧴 Beeswax body care
🧼 Goat Milk + Honey soaps
💛 And plenty more Giddy Bee goodness

And can we talk about the Honey Straws?!

I swear these things PAY THE RENT at White Street Station. 😂🍯 Y’all absolutely wipe us out every time, so YES — the Honey Straws are RESTOCKED!

Thank you, Rock Hill, for continuing to shop small, support local makers, and come looking for us even when our shelves get a little bare. We appreciate you more than you know.

📍 Find The Giddy Bee inside White Street Station in Rock Hill, SC.

The shelves are full again. Come get your favorites before Rock Hill does what Rock Hill does. 🐝💛