Illinois Bee Rescue

12/14/2025

Need to get-in, out of the cold? Come join me at Fulton Market this morning!

Did you know since the 1850s, people have been coming in out of the cold here. The area around Randolf and Fulton streets became known as a place where farmers and vendors sold produce, hay, livestock products and other goods (like honey and beeswax balm!)

I wonder how they did it back then without social media?

Join Illinois Bee Rescue in the celebration of 175 years of tradition at today's Chicago Artisan Market. Grab your bag of honey and balm and have a merry holiday celebration.

12/12/2025

Harvested with the same spirit of craftsmanship this mansion was built on. Experience the Sweet Taste of Sunshine this Saturday and Sunday at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. Illinois Bee Rescue will be here with lots of toys and goodies on the sleigh. Back in the roaring 20's, the estate hosted elegant gatherings. This weekend's market echos that tradition, but with local makers, artisan goods, and community festivities. See you there!

12/09/2025

Illinois Bee Rescue is bringing our very own local "Sweet Taste of Sunshine" honey to One Lake Brewing in Oak Park this Saturday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Come see how the bees stay warm while keeping the holiday buzz going! That's the spirit!

Annual Holiday Makers Market with special guest…Santa on the Rooftop!

💫A popular event with so many great local artisans.

🎁Saturday, December 13th from 11am - 3pm
One Lake Brewing - 1 Lake St., Oak Park, IL

🎄Shop handmade goods from local artisans and help support small businesses. Sip while you shop and take pictures with Santa on the Rooftop.

One Lake Brewing will offer a limited menu on the rooftop during the Holiday Market, and local vendors will have items to snack on. Full drink menu on the first floor to sip while you shop, plus hot chocolate on the rooftop with Santa!

🎅🏼Santa is looking forward to seeing your kids, and you are welcome to snap your own photos!

Artisan Lineup:

Belonio Doodles, Bungalow Boards, Catan Pisco, Craftheads Chicago, Cruzy's Sabores, Dive Bar Soap Company, Fox & Owl, Gigawatt Coffee, Holiday Heart Vintage, Illinois Bee Rescue, KC Karen's Creations, Kiera P Jewelry, Lyman Ave Bread, Nannette Abate Photography, Ornaments by Lesa, Periwinkle Peacock, Pub Pups, Spread the Love, Valyoubles, Vipanchi Laser Design, 34 Designed

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12/04/2025

Visions of sugar-plums dance in my head! Did you know sugar-plums in the famous "Night Before Christmas" are not made of plums at all! They are spiced local-honey-coated nut and fruit confections rolled into balls.

If you are thinking this sounds delicious, and wondering where you can get some local honey, check out "Candy Cane Lane" holiday market this Saturday in Lombard.

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🎄🚨VENDOR SPOTLIGHT 🚨🎄 We are happy to have Illinois Bee Rescue join us for our event this year! Did you know that Illinois Bee Rescue safely removes and relocates honey, carpenter, and bumble bees from structures, nurses them back to health and releases them to pollinate local crops? With the honey they harvest, they not only produce more than 10 varieties of raw, local honey, they also offer hive-based products like beeswax candles, lip balm, and body-butter. Be sure to stop by and check out what the buzz is all about! 🐝

12/02/2025

Out for delivery to Villa Perk Coffee Co. Enjoying a delicious hot mocha on a fabulous winter afternoon while stocking the shelves with local, raw honey. Just ask for a squeeze in your favorite beverage.

11/30/2025

Once you've cleared the driveway, come visit Illinois Bee Rescue at 4325 N Ravenswood Ave in Chicago this afternoon! You'll definitely get the holiday spirit flowing, with a little "Sweet Taste of Sunshine!"

11/22/2025

Catch the Christmas spirit today at the Christmas Crossroads in Lockport.

11/16/2025

Setting up shop today at Fulton Market

11/11/2025

Wild things happening at the zoo. Illinois Bee Rescue is helping enrich the lives of the animals!

11/09/2025

Illinois Bee Rescue helped recycle over 6,000 pounds of Halloween Pumpkin today at Hidden Oaks Nature Center,
a part of Forest Preserve District of Will County.

What a tremendous positive impact this will have within the local community! Let me share some additional back story here:

The 6,000 pounds of pumpkin will be composted and spread over the soil at The Conservation Foundation, McDonalds Farm, in Naperville - nice!

Farmer Russ will then cultivate the nearly 50 fertile acres of crops.

Twenty colonies of honey bees we've rescued this past summer will be pollinating the blossoms next spring boosting crop yields 2X.

The really cool part of the story is the Foundation is then able to contribute more than 20k pounds of harvest to local food banks and homeless shelters. As well as provide their farm basket subscribers with a local, organic, delicious source of vegetables all summer and fall!

Thank you to all of the participating residents of Bollingbrook, and the staff at Hidden Oaks, for creating a regenerative system of Community Supported Agriculture!

And you can try a jar of local "Pumpkin Blossom" honey inside the newly remodeled gift shop there or contact us directly via PM for where you can find it nearest you!

11/06/2025

Our Sweet Taste of Sunshine honey made "top shelf" at the newly opened Prairie Food Co-Op! Check out the store, it's like visiting a local farmer's market and then some!

11/01/2025

Illinois Bee Rescue is refueling after a great day at the Wheaton Farmers Market and the Lombard Christmas Mart today. Check out "Poppies" newly opened by Chef Oliver Melgar. It's brand new, and the hand made pasta selections are absolutely delicious and cut with artistic precision that would make Lamborghini blush! 332 E St Charles Road in Villa Park.