Bee Inspired

What to know about shopping at Bee Inspired

Bee Inspired is a woman-owned producer whose catalog is built around honey, and the single-varietal range is the part worth understanding first. Rather than one generic jar, the store sells honeys named for the plant the bees worked — Fireweed, Apple Blossom and Lavender among them — and they taste noticeably different from one another. If you have only ever bought blended grocery-store honey, a tasting set is a more useful introduction than committing to a single large jar.

Around that sit loose teas and tea sets, hand-poured soy candles, honey lollipops and a small body, face and lip care line. Gifting is a large part of the business rather than an afterthought: boxed gift sets, tasting flights and tasting towers are sold ready to give, which makes this an easier store than most to buy from when you need a present rather than a product.

The practical tip is to think in threes. Several of the store’s standing offers are multi-buy rather than sitewide, applying automatically once three of a given item are in the cart — three bags of lollipops, three candles, or three bar soaps. If you were going to buy more than one anyway, or you are assembling gifts for several people, reaching three works out cheaper per item than buying them singly across separate orders.

On savings, shipping is a flat $10 or free once an order passes $85, and there is a free gift on orders over $75. Those two thresholds sit close enough together that an order in the high seventies is usually worth nudging over $85 to clear both at once. The multi-buy discounts apply on top of the shipping threshold rather than replacing it.

— MoneySaverCodes Team