Aloha!!! and welcome to my shop and blog! My name is leah drinen, I’m a potter and beekeeper living in Hawaii with my family of five and writing about being God’s own beloved child.

pausing for study…










I have entered a two year Advanced Practitioner of Homeopathy course with RMDY Academy of Australia. As I am well into it now and obsessed with the new skills I am developing, I have decided to pause my shop in this space while reconfiguring my endeavors. In the meantime, you can still find me locally at the markets. And and at the Kailua shops: Island Bungalow, Kailua Muse, and Live Beautiful Home. Aloha! And let’s keep in touch ♥️

Please consider following me on Instagram @Hawaii Honeybee Apothecary

AROMATHERAPY: the practical use of the essential oils of plants

I throw these tiny PosyPot Aromatherapy necklaces on my pottery wheel in the back garden, fire them myself, and tie them up with silk and gemstones. I like to wear them to the most anxiety provoking destinations: office visits, airplanes, crowded events, anywhere I will be waiting in lines, etc. The small hole limits oxidation and keeps the scent privately in the vicinity of the wearer and fresh well past the length of the day.

APITHERAPY: healing from the hive

My hives are all non-traditional, and treatment-free. This means the honeybees have enough space and resources to manage their health on their own. There is no need for chemical or even natural treatments. They solve their own problems immediately using the nectar, resin, pollens, and essential oils of the surrounding flora. In turn I use their honey, propolis, pollen and wax to effect the health of my family.

Propolis Extract
Propolis Extract
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Propolis Extract

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30mls of Ethanol Extract of Propolis (EEP)

90% Alcohol, 10% Propolis 

*take internally for enhanced immunity, 1-3 drops twice daily 

*apply topically to infected skin, 1 drop once daily, discontinue use if infection persists 

Propolis works on most and even severe infections!  but if no major improvement is made, applying more will NOT bring better results. 

We have healed what looks like even staF, Mer-sa, impen-tie-Go and fish-poisoning! Give the 🐝 bees a chance. There have been several medical studies the world over which validate these claims (the FDA has not validated any of them).

 

skin sealer
skin sealer
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skin sealer

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This non-petroleum version of petroleum-jelly provides protection for those little or big scrapes (and tattoos 😂). 

My boys use it for their reef cuts and skateboard scrapes. If it is more than an abrasion or if infection has set in we use our Propolis Extract to hold the cut together (super sticky) and then seal it over with this Apitherapy Skin Sealer. Before making this product I had to keep my children out of the ocean to manage healing. 

I also use this product on the nicks I get from gardening and working hard with my hands. It keeps the pain away in hand washing and keeps water off the wound for quicker healing and bacterial protection.

We use these same methods on our cats, dogs, rabbits and horses; and in many cases avoided unnecessary vet bills.

Ingredients: organic castor seed oil, beeswax, Kukui nut oil and honeybee propolis.

grey PosyPot with faceted labradorite
grey PosyPot with faceted labradorite
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grey PosyPot with faceted labradorite

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All PosyPots are less than one inch, made from porous clay and left unglazed in the inside. The clay absorbs the essential oils and diffuses them for weeks! I wax the silk cold, beeswax of course, and tie them up to be adjustable for a comfy fit.

The pot you will receive will be your one and only original PosyPot. No two are the same. However, they are all fired together so the variances in color will be minor, as to the shape? Every little pot finds it’s own shape😉.

Nevertheless, if you are disappointed, I welcome any pot of mine home again and will issue a refund. 

Tuberose Hawaiian Beeswax Candle

Tuberose Hawaiian Beeswax Candle

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Organic Crackling Beeswax Candles

If you are unfamiliar with tuberose, you are in for a treat! The essential oil is highly sought after in the perfume industry. Well known in Hawaii as the best lei flower for scent.

Wooden wicks burn so cleanly and reliably. There is literally no wick waste! Nothing to trim and no debris to clean out of the wax after each burn.

The 4 oz apothecary style jar will burn for 36hrs and steadily throw its natural Hawaiian scent. The 2 oz candle has a lead-free, square-braid cotton wick and will burn for 24hrs.

The beeswax is from my own cruelty-free hives and harvested only when the honeybee’s are done using it. Honey is good medicine and we resort to robbery it in times of plenty, but beeswax and propolis are taken only when they are no longer needed. 

PosyPots

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Wild Honeybees?

I catch honeybees instead of purchasing them. They are wild and free, but technically only feral, and they don’t fare too well in the homes they find out there. I provide them small bait hives that are just what their scouts are out looking for. They return to the swarm and do the waggle dance to tell others of the exact location. Once they’re fully moved in, I move them to a local farm and weeks later into a larger hive where I interfere so little I’m sure they still think themselves wild!