Beeplenish Beeswax Polishes Now Available

New Year - Great New Products.

We are very happy to say that our first stock of the new Beeplenish range is now here and available.

100% Natural, non toxic, safe for your home and family. Beeplenish is a range of natural beeswax polishes and conditioners.

Replenish your favourite things.

The Natural Beeswax Furniture Polish is ideal for wooden furniture, and the Beeplenish Finisher's Formular is a perfect choice for restoring antiques, recently sanded raw wood surfaces, and wooden crafts. It is food safe, and without any nasty or highly toxic synthetic chemicals.

There are also specific products for leather- a leather polish and a leather preserver.

The waxes come in clear recyclable containers, and every ingredient is renewable, biodegradable and earth-friendly.

Take care of your favourite things effectively and naturally.

Take a closer look at the new Beeplenish waxes now.

Beeplenish Beeswax Polishes Coming

We have an entirely new product range coming soon - Beeplenish - natural beeswax based polishes and conditioners.

With products best suited for wooden furniture, leather, shoes and boots, and antiques and crafters, there are quality natural products that help you take care of things in your home.

As part of our launch of them, we will have a few small sample pots to give away in order to gain some local user feedback. If you have a UK address, and have a favourite table, chair, or other piece of furniture that could do with some replenishing care, then send us a quick email via the 'contact us' form on our website (www.newzealandhoneyshop.co.uk) with 'Beeplenish' in the subject, and we'll send out to the first few replies a free sample pot of the Beeplenish as soon as it arrives.

If you are into wood turning, then equally as good as one of the items works as a very good and non-toxic finisher for wood turning projects.

Honey Sticks Beeswax Crayons are here!

Just in time for Christmas, we are very happy to announce our latest product edition that would make a great gift for children of all creative levels.

Beeswax Crayons. Yes, Honey Sticks are non-toxic crayons made form 100% natural beeswax, with non-toxic pigments.

Created by a nursery teacher, the ergonomic and chubby design of Honey Sticks makes these crayons much harder to break, meaning they do last longer than many other ones.

With a delicious honey scent coming from the beeswax used, these are crayons handmade from environmentally sustainable resources.

There are 12 different colours in each pack, enough to keep budding artists occupied for many hours.

A fantastic gift or stocking filler for Christmas.

Honey Sticks crayons are available now in the UK / Europe, currently exclusively from The New Zealand Honey Shop, although we hope to have them at other retailers later.

Special 2 for 1 on Broccoli Extract

Introductory promotion: Get yourself some of Comvita's new Broccoli Extract capsules at a special offer from us of 2 for 1 (or buy one get one free if you want to call it that).

This promotion is available as from now from our website, and also in our London shop. It will be available for the rest of April and into May. We should have some additional information on the benefits of this broccoli extract from seeds after the talk by a John Hopkins university professor at the Natural Products Expo tomorrow.

In the meantime, you can order yours here: 2 for 1 on Comvita Broccoli

Broccoli in a Pill (well a capsule at least)

Your mother always told you to eat your greens, because they were good for you. Broccoli is one of those green vegetables that we all know is good for us, but we all vary as to whether we like it, can tolerate it, or hate it.

Well, now you get get broccoli in a pill (almost). If you've seen the cartoon The Jetsons, you'll be familiar with the idea of taking a pill for your nutrition. This feels almost along those lines, although there is a bit more proper science and reason behind it.

Just what are we on about? The new Comvita Broccoli Extract. This is capsules of standardised extract taken from broccoli seeds, which researchers from none other than John Hopkins University in the USA found to contain very high levels of 'the good stuff' - glucoraphanin - which appears to be the key natural compound associated with the goodness from broccoli.

Although we have had this available for you for a little while now, it is about to get its UK main launch. This will be done with the help of a Professor from the John Hopkins University School of Medicine that has done quite a bit of research onto the protective antioxidant benefits of glucoraphanin.

We will bring you more news, and reports of the science behind this product as the main launch happens.

Comvita Honeygar - apple cider vinegar and manuka honey

Apple Cider Vinegar is a time honoured natural remedy for digestive support and other uses. In past generations it was often home-made, and indeed home made cider vinegar has been making a bit of a comeback.

Comvita Honeygar is a wonderful combination of Apple Cider Vinegar and UMF 5+ Manuka Honey.

This is a totally natural product - you can see simply by looking at a bottle, as you see some of the cloudy bits of solids that are known as the 'Mother of vinegar'. You will also find that there can be small variations in colour or taste between bottles - gain a reflection of its natural condition.

Although we've has this available in our physical shop for a while, it has now been added to the website, so that you may order it from whichever part of the UK you are based in.

Comvita Honeygar can be used as a salad dressing, or mixing with a glass of water (warm or cold).

New Candles now available

We've now added a wonderful new range of scented candles. They're in stock and available to you now.

Our physical shop, that was smelling good with all the honey already, now smells extra wonderful. If you're passing Southfields then stop by just to treat your nose.

So what are we doing stocking candles? Well there is a match with our honey theme in that several of them are manuka honey scented candles. And they are quality handcrafted candles from New Zealand, with unique iconic New Zealand scents. For example the fragrance of Pohutukawa, known as the New Zealand christmas tree for its bright red flowers at that time of year. Or kiwifruit, or the fresh forest smells from the Ponga - New Zealand's native silver fern.

There is also some very practical candles we're excited to offer you. The decongestion candle and rub is very unique in that you can first burn it, and allow the eucalyptus, lemon and honey scent to help you congested nose, and then afterwards once it has started to cool you can rub the natural wax on your chest - continuing the decongestion benefits.

Pleasure your nose (or help it if it is blocked). Take a look at these new candles here.

Honey Bee Hero - help save the bees

You may or may not know that in the past couple of years, around the world but particularly in the USA and Europe, honey bees have been suffering from massive loss in numbers. This is not just about honey, it is a serious problem that could easily affect everyone if not addressed. The bees' work as natural pollinators is still very vital for a lot of the food we all rely on, as well as maintaining the wider diversity of plants on the planet.

While there are some people taking good steps to help where they can in simple things like keeping a variety of flowers in their garden for bees to visit, and more people are starting to keep hives in urban areas, more still needs to be done.

In the UK, an 8 year old is doing their part to try and get British politicians to treat the issue more seriously.

They have set up their own blog, Honey Bee Hero, to gain support to show to their MP (Member of Parliament).

You can visit the blog here to add your support: http://honeybeehero.blogspot.com

Comvita Broccoli Extract Now Available

For all of you who struggle to eat your greens, we now have our first stock of the new Comvita Broccoli Extract.

Yes, broccoli in a pill, kind of. Capsules of broccoli extract taken from seeds that provides a guaranteed level of Glucoraphanin, a powerful antioxidant that kick starts your body's own defence system.

OK, so what are we doing stocking a non-honey, non-bee product? Well, it fits two main criteria, being a quality new product that is good for you, and as we are specialists in the Comvita range of honeys, we continue offering you their full range of natural health products.

Comvita Broccoli Extract coming soon

For all of you who have struggled to eat your greens, but realise that they actually do contain things that are good for you, we're about to have a great new product for you - broccoli extract.

Comvita Broccoli Extract gives you a guaranteed level of Glucoraphanin, one of the important good things in broccoli - equivalent up to an average half-head of fresh broccoli.

This antioxidant booster will be able to last for up to 72 hours.

And with the use of vegicaps, it will be suitable for vegetarians too.

More information to follow once we have this new product in stock.