Our Services

BEEHIVE INSTALLATION

We want to help you place your hive somewhere in your yard.   It is usually best to place the hive somewhere that gets morning light, and faces south - east.  Once the hive is placed, we will help you with the purchase of your bees, and placing those bees inside your new hive.  There is never a guarantee that the bees will stay where we want them, but they usually do.  Once the bees have been installed in your new hive, you can sit back and watch them fly in and out, and watch your garden explode.

HIVE HEALTH Check-in

We can be hired to  place your hive, and install your bees, or be hired to do it all.    Either way, we are willing to help you with your bees.  We also love to educate.  If you want to help with inspections of your hive, treat for mites, process honey, we are there for you.  Hives should be inspected or pulled apart about once a month to assure that all is well in the hive.  Hives should also be checked for mites, and treated accordingly throughout the year, especially in spring and fall.   

HOney harvesting

Honey is an amazing product produced by bees.  They forage flowers and place nectar in the hive.  The nectar is then fanned by the bees until it reaches about 17% water.  At this point, the bees cap the cell, and it is now called honey.  Bees produce honey as their winter food.  So, for our area, each hive must be left 60 - 100 lbs of honey for the hive to survive through winter.  If we have a good spring, that does not frost out, one hive can easily produce 200 lbs of honey.  That leaves 100 lbs for the bees, and 100 lbs for you.