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How to use your small Bee Wrappy - "The Small, but Mighty"

How to use your small Bee Wrappy -

Jan 19, 2017

Measuring 17cm x 17cm, our small Bee Wrappy is definitely the hero in our kitchen, as, after all they say big things come in small packages! The small Bee Wrappys are like the worker bees in a bee hive - busy cycling through many different and important tasks.

Last night for dinner, the recipe we were following called for half an onion and half a lemon - half of this and half of that generally means that the other half of whatever you used gets forgotten, stashed away at the bottom of the crisper draw of the fridge, or even worse - thrown out before it gets it's time to shine!

Our pint-sized Bee Wrappy is the perfect size for wrapping all those small and humble, yet necessary ingredients, like lemons and onions, or expensive ones like avocados, which all too often go to waste once they have been cut. At any one time we have at least four or five small Bee Wrappys in use - usually storing things we plan to use in the next two or three days - they are very useful and versatile and have helped us become more aware of our food use and wastage habits.

When out and about with little bees, the small Bee Wrappy can also be used to make a snack-pouch to carry fruit like strawberries and grapes or nuts and cubes of cheese. They are easy to fold into a little envelope or pouch, and little hands find them fun and easy to hold. Send them in your kid's lunchbox to school full of yummy good stuff and we are sure they'll come home empty!

We have also used these little food savers to cover small bowls when preparing things for dinner, dips (when the lids gets lost!) and glasses or cups during outside BBQ's or picnics to avoid spills and flies and other bugs from landing inside. Needless to say we love our small sized Bee Wrappy food wraps - they are certainly indispensable in our house ;) 

3 tips for creating a bee friendly garden

3 tips for creating a bee friendly garden

Jan 19, 2017

As you may guess, we love bees; they are Bee Wrappys main source of raw materials and they do one of the most important jobs for humanity – ensuring the pollination of plants which give us fruit and vegetables.

There has been a lot of commentary lately about bees coming under threat, however, there are a few simple things eveyone can do in their own garden to help bees thrive and ensure they continue to have a place in our ecosystem.

Grow your own ANYTHING
Before we had our three year old daughter we didn't really grow any eat-ables or garden in general. Everything we have done since she arrived has been self - taught, coupled with a bit of good luck. We now have quite a large vegetable garden, which we love, and, thanks to our happy bees, has provided us with lots of fruit and vegetables over the last few years.

When we first began our grow-your-own gardening journey we learnt that even growing a few edible plants is a wonderful thing, and fairly fool-proof. All you need are a few things, including seeds or plants of your choice :

  • Natural light
  • Water
  • Soil
  • A pot/cup/garden bed


We started with a few small pots of herbs we used most (parsley, coriander, basil, chives) and a couple of compact vegetables like spinach, spring onions and lettuce). If you’re really keen, a dwarf citrus tree keeps well in a pot on the balcony with 6+ hours of sun a day, and they have beautiful folage too.

The bees really shine and get to their busy work when the plants and herbs shoot out flowers (and seeds) when their fruiting stage is complete (or prior to fruiting) – seeing them buzz around the garden is really a magical thing and you know you are you going to enjoy beautiful fresh produce.


Make your own flower seed bombs
A great way to garden is with kids - our daughter loves the whole messy process involved in gardening and its teaching her skills and providing a wealth of knowledge she can carry with her through out her life. Kids also love creative ways to sow seeds, and flower seed bombs are a fantastic way to introduce kids to gardening.

You will need:

  • Air drying clay (available from craft shops)
  • Potting mix or compost (borrow some from your existing plants – you only need a couple of tablespoons)
  • Flower seeds, especially for the bees! – our favourites are queens anne lace, daisies, sunflowers and hypericum, but you can also use thyme, sage, oregano


Take 5 parts clay, mix 1 part compost/soil and 1 part seed (its ok to mix these up) – add a little water so it comes together – but make sure it's not too sloppy.

Flatten it out so its about 1 cm thick – then let it air dry. They will be ready after a day or two.

If you are quite specific about where you want flowers, simply put the clay flower seed bombs in the ground, just deep enough to be covered by soil.

If you’re not fussed – throw them anywhere and everywhere! You will be surprised how quickly they will grow and fill your garden with colour - a perfect invitation for bees to come into your garden, they will love you for it!

Give them a drink!
Bees also need water, like any other animal they need to keep hydrated.
Help them out by having a bird bath filled up, or a couple of little saucers of fresh water around and between all your plants.

We love our garden and we love bees - they are humble little things, doing such important work which we too often take for granted.

How to use your medium Bee Wrappy - "The In-bee-tweener"

How to use your medium Bee Wrappy -

Jan 19, 2017

There is no case of "middle wrap" syndrome when it comes to our in-between Bee Wrappy medium sized wrap. It measures at 25cm x 30cm which means it's got a whole lot to give in the kitchen.

While the small wrap is the most ideal for things which can usually fit in your hand (like half a lemon), our medium beeswax wraps are necessary for those bigger food items and ingredients, which normally don't fit into a container, offering a sustainable alternative to cling - wrap.

Things like cut cauliflower, most kitchen bowls and a block of cheese are really happy nestled in a medium  wrap. Like all Bee Wrappy food wraps, the medium wrap helps to love food longer, so you could go a week between having to make cauliflower soup for dinner in Winter, and know that when you opened that food wrap, your cauliflower will still look as beautiful as the day you bought it home.

Medium wraps are also a good size to wrap, hold or cover food scraps ready for the compost bin, small platters and salad bowls for a BBQ and fruit and veg like rockmelon halves and cabbages.

We certainly love our medium Bee Wrappys (just as much as our other cotton food wraps) - they help fill the void between the small and large sized wraps, reducing food waste and the need for single-use plastic.