We Save Bees!
Marking Queens With Mike Palmer Vermont beekeeping guru Michael Palmer demonstrates how to catch, handle and mark queens in the field without harming them. He simply uses model paint and a piece of grass as his tools. After queen marking is complete, he explains how to safely cage a queen […]
Farmers Get $3 Million To Help Feed Bees The USDA is offering $3 Million dollars in bee lunch money to farmers in five states – Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Farmers who qualify can use this money to improve and reseed pastures with bee friendly forage including […]
Snowdrops for Bees! With this cold winter full of arctic winds, polar vortexes and several feet of snow, it seems as if spring will never show it’s glowing face. It is usually around this time of year, late February and early March, that I find my honey bees foraging on […]
Opt Out of Mosquito Spraying Before March 1st Now is the time to exempt your property from Mosquito Spraying done by the state of Massachusetts for the current year. If you have bees, organic gardens or just don’t want your yard sprayed with pesticide, fill out the form below and […]
Inspecting Commercial Bees on Cranberries I can make the big announcement because now it’s official! I have been hired by the state of Massachusetts to be the Bee Inspector for Essex County. This job will be fascinating as I get to see honey bees in all types of situations, […]
We Have Honey! Our honey is treatment free which is hard to find locally. Treatment free honey means that treatments are not used inside the hive. No pesticides, chemicals, essential oils or antibiotics are used inside the hive at any time. All of our honey is Pure, Raw, Unheated, Unfiltered […]