Producers of Virginia Honey & Local Queens

This was an exciting day! These 3 cells were put into a queenless hive. I made a 3 frame mating nuc up 2 days ago. The bees there are in...

I installed a package of bees a few weeks ago. I did an inspection and found lots of drone brood. There were some cells that normal...

I use a brick system to quickly determine the status of my hives. This is a split that had queen cells. I also did a follow up video...

I installed this as a package about 3 weeks ago. The queen was released in about 3 days, which is normal time. I went to inspect the...

I went to Georgia to pick up packages of bees. The temperature was going to drop from 70 in Ga to about 45 in VA on the trip home. I had...

Bees are like humans. They want it easy. These bees are robbing honey from a hive that died over the winter. I have not had a chance to...

There was a quick snow storm and a cold snap over night. I just wanted to see if the bees were moving around. I DID NOT open the hive. We...

I have some old unpainted nuc boxes that bees are very happy with. Bees will find any nook and cranny to have access to their hive. This...

Wax moths will destroy your comb. After you have cleaned the frames and inspected it for pests and other nasty things, you can use Para...

You have heard the term busy as a bee? Its true! Bees do a lot of things in the hive. Some of the things that they do, we as beekeepers...

If you saw my last few posts, you know that I had some bees that did not make it through the winter. Its less than 2 weeks and the old...

I was able to go through the hives at Locust Grove. With very mixed results. I lost 7 out of 10 hives. They were treated for mites in...

Hey everyone! Its been a LONG and DARK winter. My updates have been sparse. its February 2022 and its time to get back on track. In...

I have one of my out yards that I don't believe that the colony has enough pollen stores for the winter. Bees need nectar and pollen to...

The first trial run was a success. Well sorta. The pump worked well with the generator. The sugar mixed well with the room temperature...

When I did the cut out, I was not able to find the Queen. I let the hive settle a few days and tried to locate her. Below is the cut out...

I was recommended by a friend to help remove bees that had made a home in the floor of a shed. The had made a home there a few years ago...

If you have ever made sugar water for beekeeping, you know what it is a sticky mess! I have used the 3 gallon water jugs ( the 5 gallon...

Free bees.....Free bees..... Free Bees...... Here is my swarm trap. In the spring, bees being bees, will naturally swarm. The believe...

When you are inspecting your bee hives, protect your queen. (I know you have to first find her...that a whole post in its self) There are...

Once the bee larva is grafted into the cell cup, the queenless hive does their magic. If the larva is the right age and the started hive...

After a normal 2020, Green Hill Farm now has bees! I have 13 medium nucs that will be used for a mating yard. For those that don't...

You can save money by buying your bee woodenware unassembled. With simple tools and some glue you can put together your woodenware. I...

I had the opportunity to go to visit to Forest Hill Bee Supply in Paradise, PA. Ike makes all of his woodenware from scratch and is all...