- The Intention
- The Ingredients
- The Ritual
- The SCBC Story
A multi-use maven that's in our bag no matter where life's adventures take us, this Herb Salve may be used on areas of irritation, bug bites, and scrapes, as a balm for lips, cuticles, and dry spots, or as an undereye moisturizer. Beeswax from Sonoma County Bee Company hives unites with lavender and calendula flowers from the garden and organic olive oil to create a deeply soothing, healing, and nourishing balm that can be used in a multitude of ways. A true gift of plant and bee medicine.
0.2oz
All organic: olive oil, lavender flowers, calendula flowers, beeswax
Apply to skin/areas in need as desired.
Founded in May 2019 by Candice Koseba, who began her career long before 2019 as a chef, first in Chicago and then in Carmel, where she worked at the Michelin-starred restaurant L’Auberge. There, during stroller walks with her then-newborn son, she became curious about edible plants and decided to pivot her career. Eventually, Koseba and her husband moved to Sonoma County, and she began to study at The California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville.
In 2014, after her husband took a gig as the chef de cuisine at Single Thread in Healdsburg, Koseba signed on to become the restaurant’s lead forager. It was here that Candice had her first experience with honeybees. Of her time there, she says, “There was a desire to have hives on the (Single Thread) farm, and I saw the opportunity to learn,” Koseba remembered. “As a forager I had become fascinated with observing and anticipating cycles and seasons of life.” Working with a colony of honeybees was a natural extension. She read everything about bees that she could get her hands on. She took classes at Santa Rosa Junior College with Serge Lebesque, a local bee expert. She even joined the Sonoma County Beekeepers Association.
As Koseba’s knowledge and comfort level grew, so too did the number of colonies under her charge. Eventually, she founded Sonoma County Bee Company to manage them all. Today, the company works as a collective; Koseba and fellow beekeepers tend hives all over Sonoma County. They offer basic apiary management, swarm removal and beekeeping consultations. Their priority is, and always will be, the health of the bees and only ever taking that which is a surplus within the hive. They are committed to a thriving bee population, and Candice's beekeeping enthusiasm is second-to-none.
The Intention
A multi-use maven that's in our bag no matter where life's adventures take us, this Herb Salve may be used on areas of irritation, bug bites, and scrapes, as a balm for lips, cuticles, and dry spots, or as an undereye moisturizer. Beeswax from Sonoma County Bee Company hives unites with lavender and calendula flowers from the garden and organic olive oil to create a deeply soothing, healing, and nourishing balm that can be used in a multitude of ways. A true gift of plant and bee medicine.
0.2oz
The Ingredients
All organic: olive oil, lavender flowers, calendula flowers, beeswax
The Ritual
Apply to skin/areas in need as desired.
The SCBC Story
Founded in May 2019 by Candice Koseba, who began her career long before 2019 as a chef, first in Chicago and then in Carmel, where she worked at the Michelin-starred restaurant L’Auberge. There, during stroller walks with her then-newborn son, she became curious about edible plants and decided to pivot her career. Eventually, Koseba and her husband moved to Sonoma County, and she began to study at The California School of Herbal Studies in Forestville.
In 2014, after her husband took a gig as the chef de cuisine at Single Thread in Healdsburg, Koseba signed on to become the restaurant’s lead forager. It was here that Candice had her first experience with honeybees. Of her time there, she says, “There was a desire to have hives on the (Single Thread) farm, and I saw the opportunity to learn,” Koseba remembered. “As a forager I had become fascinated with observing and anticipating cycles and seasons of life.” Working with a colony of honeybees was a natural extension. She read everything about bees that she could get her hands on. She took classes at Santa Rosa Junior College with Serge Lebesque, a local bee expert. She even joined the Sonoma County Beekeepers Association.
As Koseba’s knowledge and comfort level grew, so too did the number of colonies under her charge. Eventually, she founded Sonoma County Bee Company to manage them all. Today, the company works as a collective; Koseba and fellow beekeepers tend hives all over Sonoma County. They offer basic apiary management, swarm removal and beekeeping consultations. Their priority is, and always will be, the health of the bees and only ever taking that which is a surplus within the hive. They are committed to a thriving bee population, and Candice's beekeeping enthusiasm is second-to-none.