As 2024 draws to a close, I would like to thank you personally for supporting me and my family. That being the simple act of reading this post to purchasing our honey, queen bees, and other products we produce from our apiary. I am continually amazed, and thankful for what all the hard work has […]

I invested back into the business this year with a new extractor. I decided to go with a Cowen 28 Frame Extractor. Here are some photos of this machine and a video walkthrough of how the machine operates.

The unstoppable passing of time, it gives me perspective and keeps me humble. As I write it is the end of the beekeeping season, the time of year where I can sit down and gather my thoughts on what happened and what to plan for in regard to next season. The 2022 bee season was […]

It was a chilly fall morning as we loaded up the truck with blue board and headed off to several locations around the Upper Valley area. During this time of year, we are winterizing all of the hives to help the bees to stay warm and survive the winter season.

Our lives are truly a vapor, a wisp in time, dust on the scales when measured against eternity, past and future. However, in the short stay that sums up our life, we find certain men and women who shape our behaviors, thoughts, and actions. These people can be world renowned for their talent and gifts […]

Wax or plastic? The recurring question regarding foundations that I use when assembling my frames for the upcoming season. For those who have no idea what foundations or frames are. Every super (box) in a beehive holds removable frames that the bees build their combs on. Common practice is to insert a foundation into the […]

The spring of 2021 brought a new experience or some would call it an adventure my way. I had lost 90 percent of my apiary. In the moment it was trying, and difficult to come to grips with. Looking back now I still have a lot more questions then answers, as to what killed off […]

As the 2019 season draws to a close and all the colonies are wrapped and tucked away for the cold months ahead I welcome the change in pace and workload to one that is less hectic. Centered around shop work, rendering beeswax, selling honey, making equipment and preparing for next season, along with being able […]