Heal Thyself! How HERBS + BEES = Powerful Remedies

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

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🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Honey is so much more than a sweetener... It’s medicine. In this episode of the Pantry Chat, I sit down with beekeeper and herbalist Kaylee Richardson from The Honeystead to explore how combining bee products like honey, propolis, and beeswax with herbs can take your natural remedies to the next level. We’ll cover: 🌿 Why bees are the “original herbalists” 🍯 How honey makes herbal medicine more effective (and better tasting!) 🛡️ Using propolis as a powerful antimicrobial for throat sprays and...

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this is Carolyn from homesteading family. And before we jump into today's podcast,
0:05.9	I wanted to invite you to a free four-part video series that I have that teaches you how to can.
0:15.1	We go over the safety of canning, we go over the supplies and the equipment that you'll need, and then we actually
0:22.5	get into the kitchen together and I show you every single step of the canning process so that
0:29.3	you can follow along. There's free downloads, there's all the resources that you need to be
0:35.6	able to complete the canning project all by yourself.
0:38.3	So if you've ever wanted to learn how to can or you just want to brush up on your canning safety,
0:44.0	go to homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast dash canning. Again, that's homesettingfamily.com
0:54.0	forward slash podcast dash canning. Again, that's homesettingfamily.com forward slash podcast dash canning.
0:57.8	There was this day where I hopped on my horseback. Her name was Trigger. She was this old mare that we ended up rescuing.
1:07.3	But I took her down the path. And it was that time a day where the sun was starting to set.
1:14.0	It was that golden hour.
1:15.7	And I remember looking and seeing all of the honeybees start to fly home and the sun was just hitting on their wing.
1:26.9	And it was glistening.
1:28.0	I mean, that's all I could say.
1:29.4	In that moment, I think really just made me
1:33.9	one day want to be a beekeeper.
1:35.4	Hey, you guys, this is Carolyn from Homesteading Family.
1:38.3	Welcome to this week's edition of the pantry chat.
1:42.7	Now, you're starting to think about ways that you can move away
1:48.4	from the standard medical industry, maybe using those over-the-counter medications.
1:54.3	Maybe you'd really like to get away from the pharmaceuticals that you're on. Or maybe you just want to increase your health and be
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