About Botany Bee Botanicals and our Philosophy

About our background. We offer wild organic and USDA organic natural products for health and beauty. We intend to branch out to more cosmetic products and teas. I grew up with the Foxfire books and Euell Gibbons. A lifelong forager and now a follower of Samuel Thayer I decided a few years ago to investigate the medicinal properties of what was growing around me. In 2023 I completed the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences course in Medicinal Plants. I am most interested in the scientific reasons why plants and mushrooms provide the benefit that they do. So, I approach herbalism from this view, traditional remedies have a basis in truth; modern science can discern this truth and provide evidence of its effectiveness.

About our wild harvested plants. They are picked from herbicide and pesticide-free private or wild land in the Finger Lakes Region and wilderness areas in the Adirondack Mountains. The climate in the Finger Lakes is humid continental with the lakes creating a microclimate that supports a wide variety of plant life. The clean air and boreal climate in the mountains are wonderful for all types of fungi and lichens as well as the yellow birch trees they favor.

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