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When Monday hits a little too hard… 🐝💤
This little gal stopped for a well-deserved nap before carrying on. I can’t blame her—I feel the same way!
#SleepingBee, #Bumblebee, #Pollinator #mondayblues #littlething
Warning: You might want ribs after watching this. 🤤🍖
Low and slow cooked ribs, finished with our hot honey drizzle for the perfect balance of sweet, smoky, and spicy. 🔥🍯
Tag the person you’d share a rack with this Fourth of July! 👇
#FourthOfJuly #Ribs #BBQReels #HotHoney #beekeeperslife
The sweat in my eye is worth see beautiful frames like this! Don’t forget to hydrate everyone this week it’s going to be a hot one!
#honeybee #beekeeperslife #sweatitout #heatwave🔥#honey
After a few days away, everyone is happy to see their favorite (treat) person again. Time to prep for the heat wave lots of smoothie and cold treats have been prepared. How is everyone else feeling with the heatwave approaching?
#chickens #heatwaves #honeybee #treat #staycool
Just back from learning how to do ii. And had a blast the technical skills and process was so fascinating to learn. Maybe one day I’ll be able to get one of my own breeding programs but untill then I’ll trust the process.
#honeybee #ii #queens #drones #dreamsproject
My family’s response to today update on how the II course is going…
#text #honeybee #drones #ii
It’s Thursday so that means the girls got a treat!
Today’s treat: cucumbers !🥒
#chickens #cucumbers #treat #chickensofinstagram
Happy Pollinator Week!
Every flower visited, every garden planted, and every pollinator protected helps our world thrive. Here’s to the tiny creatures making a big impact! 💛
#PollinatorWeek #SaveTheBees #PollinatorPower
Watch me reset my solar wax melter for the summer! ☀️🐝
This leftover material is called slum gum—the residue left behind after the wax has been rendered. To me, it smells just like fresh cookies at this stage!
While it’s no longer useful for beeswax products, it makes an excellent addition to the compost pile. Nothing goes to waste around here!
Now it’s time to passively melt my wax capping and perhaps some new candles are in our future or something else….
#honeybees #ASMR #solarwaxmelter #beekeeping #beewax
The plan is to keep bees, garden and explore when possible! That would be the dream scenario!
#plan #beekeeperslife #chicken #travel
Spring flow has been extracted! Perfect frames and a nice light honey! I hope the rest of the season the girls do just as well! Pulled 83lbs of honey!
Today we are harvesting our spring honey!!! This spring was lovely for our girls! They brought so much great honey even through they had a late start!
#harvest #honeybee #beekeeperslife #spring #greatflow
IMO this is perfection! 👩🏼🍳🤌❤️
#perfect #brood #honeybee #layingpattern #beekeepers
Alrighty we are back for another treat Thursday!
Today we have corn!🌽
And the girls are either singing into the corn or acting like fish. we can’t decide but both are wicked cute! Help us decide in the poll!!!
#chicken #treat #singing #fishing #corn
Time to test your queen-spotting skills!
Can you find the queen? The workers might fool you, but if you look closely, you’ll spot her 👀
Honestly, it took me way longer than I’d like to admit in real time 😖
#Beekeeping #QueenBee #HoneyBees #BeeKeeper #FindTheQueen
Me, 5 minutes after spotting a swarm: “Welcome home!”
The bees: we’ll see about that 🐝
So far they are enjoying their new home!
#swarm #beekeeping #honeybee #pleasestay #massachusetts
At the beginning of June, we started our pumpkin arch! There was a minor setback when a woodchuck enjoyed some of the seeds we planted, but overall, the pumpkins are doing well! And you can’t tell where the snack was taken from.
We’ll give an update at the end of July on how everything is growing! (Perhaps by then we’ll have some little squash bee visitors 💕)
#pumpkin #garden #squashbee #pollenatorgarden #growth
Anyone down for some line dancing?
These ladies are kicking off dance season early. As the temperatures rise, they’re bearding up outside the hive to help keep things cool.
Meanwhile, I’m melting during inspections and trying to keep sweat out of my eyes.
They definitely got the better deal!
#Beekeeping #BeeBeard #HoneyBees #BeekeeperLife #linedancing
It’s Thursday so that means the girls get a treat!
Today’s treat: strawberries ! 🍓 only makes sense since it’s the start of the season over here.
#chickens #strawberries #treat #strawberryseason #chickensofinstagram
See an insect, photograph an insect!
No one questions how many cute insect pals I have in my camera roll. It’s a totally normal amount…. for a beekeeper…
I mean come on! How could you not photograph them? They’re practically asking for their picture to be taken!
🎶 She loves taking photographs 🎶
#Beekeeperlife #Honeybee #insectphotography #Pollinatorlove #macrophotography
Will you help me build some boxes for our colonies? Hold the dots and swipe to build the box!!
I feel like I am constantly having to build more supers and boxes for our colonies. Very appreciative of the flow right now
#honeybee #supering #beekeepingadventures #timetobuild #beekeeperslife
Beekeepers, we want your opinion!
When adding another honey super, do you:
⬆️ Add the new box on top of the existing honey super?
OR
⬇️ Place it underneath the filled honey super?
This year we’re experimenting with both methods and comparing the results. We’d love to know what you do and why!
Tell us in the comments!
#honey #supering #beekeeperslife #toporbottom #honeybees
Where do you think the best place to find yummy treats are…….
Of course as close to the source as possible. This girls are funny they can go anywhere they want durning this time but choose to stay with us! How lucky are we!
A great way to spend a relaxing weekend!
#chicken #freerange #chillsunday #beekeeperslife #homestead
Successful queen introductions!
The queens we added on Tuesday have both been accepted and are already laying!
The colonies are bringing in pollen, making room for brood, and showing all the signs of a strong start. It’s always exciting to see a requeening go exactly as planned.
We can’t wait to watch these colonies build up and see how the queens perform throughout the season! Woo!
#requeening #accepted #queenbee #honeybee #beekeeperlife
My week, without context in the yard
No commentary needed. The pictures speak for themselves.
Peep the last slide 👀 the “after” photo no one really talks about but every beekeeper knows.
Still worth it though. Every time!
#beekeeperslife #messyhairdontcare #honeybees #sweatyandhappy #beekeepinghumor
It’s Thursday so that means the girls get a treat!
Today’s treat: Blueberries! 🫐
What do you want us to give the girls next time !?!
#chickens #blueberries #treat #homestead #chickensofinstagram
Today I requeened two of my colonies.
These two colonies were split from overwinter colonies.
One of my favorite parts of beekeeping is watching the colony’s reaction to a new queen.
You can learn a lot from the bees if you’re paying attention.
What things do you look for when introducing a new queen?
#requeening #queenbee #honeybee #decisiontime #beekeeperslife
Congratulations you have been selected to test your queen spotting skills. Please select all Queen bees before continuing!
#queenbee #selection #beekeeperslife #honeybee #beekeeping
Security footage from our apiary. 🐱🐝
Fun fact: Guard bees stand watch at the hive entrance all day. Our cat appears to be conducting an independent investigation. The two makes a great pair nothing will get by them!
#Beekeeperlife #Honeybees #Cat #BeeYard #secuityguards
So why do queens pipe?
A hive normally only has one queen. But because there’s always a chance a queen won’t return from her mating flight, the colony raises multiple queens at the same time as insurance.
When a queen hatches, she makes a high-pitched “piping” sound to see if there are other queens in the hive. If there are queens still inside their cells, they answer back with a muffled “quack.”
And once two queens meet? They fight to the death.
Brutal, but a colony can only have one ruling queen.
So did you know! And do you want to see a queen fight???
#queenbee #piping #honeybee #introtobeekeeping #fightclub
Treat Thursday with the girls
Today’s treat: Broccoli 🥦
They were a little hesitant but warmed up to it!
#backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram #asmr #farmcore #treatthursday
Peak-a-boo!
Caught this little sweat bee peaking out of the allium flower and thought it was too cute not to share!
Something I want to get into this year is more close up pics! Any trick or tips to getting the bees to stay longer then a millisecond?!?
#macro #macrophotography #nature #flower #bees
Once you hear the little nom nom noms, there’s no going back!
#beekeeperslife #workerbee #nomnoms #brood #honeybee
Days like this all summer—golden sky, bees quietly buzzing, chickens purring, and everything slowing down for a minute.
#goldenhour #summernights #beekeeperslife #massachusetts #honeybee
Treat Thursday with the girls
Today’s treat: Kale 🥬
#backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram #asmr #farmcore #treatthursday
Happy world bee day! Swipe to see some of the pollinators that I have seen in our backyard this week. Of course honey bees too but these pals deserve the spotlight since they are often over looked!
#worldbeeday #pollinators #bees #flies #wasps
Oh man — check out the beard on the Post hive today!
What would you rate this beard… 10/10?
Let’s talk bearding: what it is and why it happens.
Bearding is completely normal bee behavior, especially during hot weather. When temperatures rise, worker bees gather outside the hive to help reduce heat and regulate the temperature inside. This helps keep the brood at a safe temperature so they can continue developing properly.
And no — bearding doesn’t automatically mean the hive is preparing to swarm. A crowded beard on a hot day is often just the bees trying to stay cool.
Want to reduce bearding? Increasing the hive ventilation can help. There are lots of ways to do it, but personally I prefer cross-ventilating the hive or slightly propping open the top cover to improve airflow.
Have you ever seen your bees bearding?
Distance: precise. Directions: immaculate. Vibes: unmatched. Everybody act natural, the honey flow should be starting!
#beekeeping #honeybees #waggledance #honeyflow #massachusetts
We have been very appreciative of the nice weather this weekend. Gave us some time to plant some seeds. Pics coming soon!
And The chickens are very (Im)patiently waiting for their grass to grow. They are hoping there dance will make it grow faster.
#letitgrow #chicken #dance #treat #homestead
Treat Thursday with the GIRLS!
Today’s treat: watermelon 🍉
#backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram #homesteadlife #farmcore #treatthursday
Even beekeepers are attracted to blooming flowers! 💐🐝💕 Anyone else is enjoying all the flowers!
#beekeeping #honeybees #tulips #springblooms #pollinators
POV: you’ve been queen rearing for 4 years and STILL panic every time you graft 😅🐝
Every single time I graft I get that little panic of:
“Will this go well?”
Does anybody else get irrationally stressed during grafting or is it just me?
#beekeeping #honeybees #queenrearing #grafting #bees
These are the things that keep me up at night.
The constant buzzing in my sleep after a long day of beekeeping combined with these is not the vibe I’m looking for.
How often do you have bee dreams? And what’s your most common bee dream!?!
#bees #beekeeperslife #nothankyou #scary #dream
Treat Thursday with the GIRLS!
Today’s treat: Cabbage
#backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram #homesteadlife #farmcore #treatthursday
Where is my husband?
Oh… in a honeybee world, there isn’t one
Just a queen and her sisters, humming through golden afternoons, building their colony and taking care of everything themselves 🍯🌼
This colony is looking fantastic so far this season! Queen and brood pattern is very solid! Definitely something I want to see more of!
#beekeeperslife #queen #honeybee #springtime #bee
Tried to melt down some old wax frames… and ended up with this instead 😅
Brought out the solar wax melter (she’s a little past her prime), but with a cracked pane, the heat couldn’t stay in. Instead of fully melting, it just softened everything enough to warp the plastic foundations.
Not exactly the result I was going for—but a good reminder:
Make sure your melter is sealed tight before loading frames/wax… or prepare for some very wonky foundations
#beekeeperfail #beewax #solar #learningexperience #honeybee
Looks like a lawn care ad… but this May, we’re doing the opposite 🌱
We’re Skipping the mow and giving pollinators a chance to thrive.
Not mowing this month means more blooms, more food, and better habitat for bees when they need it most since forage is still scarce.
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your lawn… is nothing.
Are you in for No Mow May?
#NoMowMay #Beekeeping #Pollinators #SaveTheBees #Spring
Do you enjoy our ladies hat for the derby? We sure do! Squid was a pretty pretty princess and was the only one that didn’t completely hate her hat. Now we wait to see who will win!
#derbyday #chicken #hat #mintjulep #kentucky
The post got a major upgrade from last season!
From just getting an outline done last season to this took many afternoons. I am so happy with how it came out! Keep an eye out we have two more new hives also to be revealed (hopefully) this month!
#honeybee #langstrothhive #paint #anpost #newcolony
This girly pop is starting of the year so phenomenally well! And we hope she continues to lay sheets of brood. 🤌😘
#perfect #queen #honeybee #brood #perfect10
Noodle, Fried and Squid are all happy with their new treat garden. Now to work on there grass garden inside there area. Have to make sure they leave enough for Sunny and Nugget to enjoy some as well.
After coming back from Amsterdam and Apimondia last fall I knew I wanted to add some tulips to our gardens. It has been so fun watching them. And deciding which type we should grow. How many tulips do you think we planted???
#tulipsofinstagram #honeybee #gardening #spring #tulips
Celebrating Earth Day by doing what we love—supporting pollinators and helping our hives grow strong together! I hope everyone has sometime to appreciate the small things in life!
#earthday #beelove #love #plantflowersforpollinators #beekeeperslife
This isn’t just another problem. It’s the problem.
Varroa mites are one of the biggest threats to honey bee colonies—and spring growth means their populations are about to pop off too.
If you’re not actively managing mite levels, you’re risking weak colonies, disease spread, and potential collapse.
Stay ahead. Monitor. Treat when needed.
What’s your go-to method for keeping mite levels under control?
#beekeeping #varroamites #honeybees #hivemanagement #spring
The only smoking I’ll be doing today will be for the bees…
Making sure you have your smoker available during each inspection is very important. It masks the alarm signals and encourages bees to stay calm, so each inspections are smoother and less stressful for everyone involved.
#420 #smoke #honeybee #smokeemifyougotem #beekeeperslife
One of the best parts of beekeeping? Moments like this afterwards.
Watching the girls casually forage, the quiet buzzing, and the faint smell of honey—it all just slows everything down.
#beekeeping #honeybees #peacefulmoments #naturelovers #calmvibes
It finally feels like spring is here! The nice weather has finally arrived! And there are so many flowers starting to bloom!
I’m so excited to start seeing the girls foraging again. (And all the native bees that are emerging)
Unrushed, unbothered… just the girls doing there thing.
After four rounds, countless votes, and some VERY close matchups… we have a winner 🐝🏆
Swipe to reveal your champion….
Thank you for voting and making this so fun 💛
We hope you discovered some new bees along the way!
👇 Who should compete next time?
A little obsession is okay… I mean who else wouldn’t love to look at all these fascinating pollinators!?!
#Pollinators
#naturelover
#beesofinstagram
#honeybee
#beekeeping
LIVE: THE BEE BRACKET FINALS 🐝🏆
After five rounds of voting… it all comes down to this.
Only ONE can bee crowned champion!! Who do you think should win this year??? The Violet carpenter bee or the Rusty patch Bumblebee????
Vote in our story NOW
👇 And defend your pick in the comments
#beebracket
#championship
#solitarybees
#socialbees
#nature
you were doomscrolling anyway… might as well stay a second to enjoy some bees 🐝
#beesofinstagram
#nature
#spring
#honeybee
#sunset
FINAL FOUR 🐝🔥
Vote now. Choose wisely.
🗳️ Story is live
#beebracket
#solitarybees
#socialbees
#finalfour
Happy Easter!
Our girls are just trying to do their best bunny impression! And we think they are doing a great job!!!
#easterfun
#egg
#chickenbunny
#cute
#spring
Warm days are bringing the girls out again 🌞🐝
March pollen samples are small, but they tell a big story 🍯
Every grain = nutrients for the hive, a taste of spring, and a reminder that nature is slowly waking up
April shall bring more! Who else is looking forward to seeing the rainbow of pollen coming in?!
#beekeeperslife
#pollinatorlove
#pollensampling
#springforbees
#microscopic
Had an unexpected visitor over the weekend… looks like we were due for a surprise inspection
Good news: he didn’t stay long and hasn’t scheduled a follow-up visit.
#surpriseinspection
#spring
#honeybees
#racoon
#lifeofabeekeeper
We need YOUR votes 🐝🔥
Elite Eight is here and the competition is WILD.
Don’t let your favorite bee get robbed 😤
🗳️ Vote in our story NOW + defend your pick in the comments 👇
Hot take: we need less manicured lawns and more wildflower lawns 🌼🐝
Those “messy” spaces aren’t messy at all — they’re full of life.
Wildflowers provide food, shelter, and essential nutrients for pollinators that keep ecosystems (and our food supply) going
Nature was never meant to be perfectly trimmed.
Look closer — there’s a purpose in the wild.
#savethebees
#wildflowerlawns
#pollinatorfriendly
#backyardnature
#natureaesthetic
We’re down to the ELITE EIGHT 🐝🔥
Only 8 bees remain… and the competition is getting buzz-worthy.
Two more rounds until we crown this year’s champion 👑
Who’s taking it all?
#beebracket
#solidatybees
#socialbees
#elieteight
#beechampion
Bee Bracket is back… and it’s getting competitive!!
We need your help deciding the winners—go vote in our stories!!
Some of these matchups are TOUGH!!
Comeback tomorrow to see the results!!!
#beebracket
#solitarybees
#Socialbees
#onlyonewinner
#pollenators🐝
Did you know bees choose “dirty” water on purpose?
Those puddles are packed with minerals, salts, and nutrients they need:
• Keep hydrated
• Feed the hive, including growing larvae
• Support honey processing
• Help fight off disease
The next time you see a bee at a muddy puddle, remember — it’s a superfood in disguise!
#dirtywater
#hydration
#honeybees
#beekeeping
#boston
Who else gets this feeling when spring has finally arrived and the bees are thriving! Catch me doing a little happy dance!
#honeybees
#overwinteredbees
#spring
#happydance
#beekeeperslife
We’re down to the SWEET 16 !!
Did your bees survive… or did they loose out this year?!
We saw some INSANE matchups with the Solidarity Bee—FOUR games were decided by just ONE vote!! Every vote counts, and the stakes are only getting higher!!
Next round of voting drops Thursday, March 26th—don’t miss it!!
#beebracket
#pollenchampion
#sweetsixteen
#socialbees
#solitarybees
Part 2 of the first round of the bee bracket! SOLITARY BEES!
Go to our story to vote for who you think should move on to the sweet sixteen!!
#beebracket
#pollenchampion
#winorgohome
#solitarybees
#firstround
After the first round for the social bees here our the results. The western honey bee vs fire bee came down the the wire! Check back tomorrow for the solidarity bee first round votes!
#beebracket
#pollenchampion
#eliminated
#socialbees
#solitarybees
Today’s the day! Voting on the social bees in our story! Who should win each match up! Who’s your favorite bee? Or Is there a bee you wish was included??? Let us know in the comments!
#beebracket
#pollenchampion
#bracketbreaker
#socialbees
#perfectbracket
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀🐝 (Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona dui!!) Proud of my Irish heritage forever and always. Wishing everyone a day full of luck, good health, and maybe a little honey sweetness. Hope you all have a great day celebrating! Sláinte!!
#stpatricksday🍀
#irish
#beegrateful
#celebrate
#grateful
Welcome to the first inaugural bee bracket!
The goal is to narrow down different species of bee till there is only one remaining! This is just a handful of bee species that represent the 20,000 species of bees!
This year’s contestants are a mixture of solitary and social bee!
Who do you want to win! Get your brackets ready for the first round voting! Link in the bio for the bracket!
#beebracket
#pollenchampion
#bracketbreaker
#socialbees
#solitarybees
Are you ready!?
With over 20,000 species of bees in the world. I wanted to mash my love of March madness and bees. So follow along this month for some fun competition!
#marchmadness
#beebracket
#bracketology
#pollenators
#learnsomethingnew
Let’s talk spring!
Warm weather and flowers are starting to blossom. As the days get longer I’ll start to take a closer look at what the trees are saying.
And they are saying spring is coming. How do I know! Well the trees are budding and in a few short weeks they will start to flower. Which the bees will start to collect pollen and nectar from! Which will mean it’s will be beekeeping time again!!
Spring starts off slow then all the sudden everything is green! Take a moment to look around and see if you can see the beginning signs of spring.
#signsofspring
#blooms
#bee
#flowers
#sunsets
After months of cold, clustering tight, surviving off stored food the bees are almost through winter. The last push!
Soon the sun will stay a little longer.
Soon the maples will bud.
Soon everything will be in bloom.
If they can endure the long, quiet season — so can you.
Spring is proof that survival turns into growth.
The buzz is coming back.
The bloom is coming back.
And so are you.
GIRL!!! ✨
I am SO excited for this season — there is so much in the works and so many exciting things happening!
I’ve been spending lots of time painting a brand-new hive design, and I cannot wait to share it with y’all once it’s finished. If all goes as planned, it’ll be ready this weekend! Stay tuned!
#painting
#buzzingwithexcitement
#springiscoming
#hivedesign
#beeinspired🐝
With all this snow, are you counting down to spring with me?
Tell me in the comments:
• Are you starting bees this year? YES or MAYBE?
• How many hives are you running this season?
• What are you most excited for — honey harvest or inspections or something else?
Tag a friend who needs bees this spring! Let’s get them started on their bee journey!
#dreaming
#spring
#beekeeping
#nomoresnowplease
Nothing like some extra “insulation” I guess….. one hive fully submerged in snow the other two over halfway.
But had to use this gem of a yard stick to get an official measurement!
How much snow did you? And does anyone know where spring is?
#blizzard2026
#blizzardof78
#igloo
#timetoshovelagain
#whereisspring
Bees are scary… or are they?
Once you actually start learning about honey bees, you’ll probably realize that statement couldn’t be further from the truth. The more you understand them, the more you see how intelligent, organized, and honestly… incredible they are!!
Instead of fear, let’s choose curiosity.
Instead of myths, let’s share facts.
Let’s start the conversation about spreading awareness of bees and the impact they have on everything — our food, our flowers, and our future. #FearToFascination
#BeeMythBusting
#notsoscary
#beekeepers
#mondayscaries
Have you been thinking about getting into bees?
Take this as your sign — you should!! (You won’t regret it)
With spring on the horizon this is the perfect time to start. The hives haven’t built up yet, and flowers haven’t bloomed, and it’s the best season to set yourself up for success.
Not sure where to start? Start simple.
Learn the basics.
Understand hive setup.
Get familiar with bee behavior.
And here’s the best part — you don’t have to figure it out alone. There are so many experienced beekeepers out there who love to teach, mentor, and answer questions.
You don’t have to know everything — you just have to start! #StartBeekeeping
#NewBeekeeper
#BeekeepingForBeginners
#LearnBeekeeping
#beekeeperslife
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 The girls said these pickup lines needs to be delivered immediately. Forward to your Valentine ASAP. #beemine #sendthistoyourcrush #shootyourshot #chickmagnet #love
Consider this your seasonal exhale! Spring will be here soon and with spring coming means these little gals come back!
#honeybee #springtime #fyp #break #asethetic
After two weeks of freezing temperatures and more snow than the past few years. We’re still clucking along! And making the most of it! The chickens are gaining confidence in the snow… but they’d choose a warm, cozy days inside when given the option! (And I don’t blame them at all) #update #chicken #snowsnowsnow
It’s that time of the year again where we are preparing for the season. First up is hive boxes! Which means it’s time to design another one! Drop your suggestions on what building we should do next! And keep and eye peeled for our new honey super designs 👀👀👀 #honeybee #housetour #beekeeping #irishpub #painttime🎨
Testing tweaking and trusting the process. Each time I’m getting alittle bit better at it! #beewaxcandle #experimenting #candles #honeybee
Last year I collected pollen and had the goal of looking at it underneath my microscope. This past weekend I was finally able to! This is definitely something I want to continue this year. Each month I am going to try to collect some pollen and start to learn how to identify them. If you have done this before what are some tips!! #pollen #honeybee #microscopeview #womeninstem #intotheunknown
Can we skip alittle….. I’m over this snow. Though there’s lots of prep work that goes into the season. I’m missing the buzzing and hustle of summer! #honeybee #snowstorm #dreamingofsummer #beekeeping #winterdays
The snow is coming down fast. The bees and chickens are tucked in with extra feed and insulation—now it’s time for hot cocoa and watching the birds outside!! #snowsnowsnow #wildlifephotography #hotcocoweather #birdwatching #backyardgoals
Settling back into day to day routine. Let’s talk goals for this upcoming season! Here are mine, what goals are you setting going into this season? #beekeepingcommunity #BeekeepersLife #Goals #Honeybees #springbeekeepingprep
NAHBExpo recap!! So lovely seeing so many bee friends and getting to make new ones along the way. So many new ideas buzzing, and feeling extra excited for what the upcoming season has in store. Can it be spring time already?
#nahbexpo2026 #beeexpo #honeybee
Day 22: strangest thing I have seen in a hive is a yellow eye drone. After doing some digging it is a recessive trait that cause the down to be blind. So once he goes out for a flight he won’t be able to find his way home, sad
#31day25 #31daysofbeekeeping
Day 21: My journey with bees started in 2016, when I decided to join my college beekeeping society at the freshman activity fair. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But dove straight into helping out, so much so that I took over when the president graduated that spring. I am very grateful to have joined as it has opened the door to so many possibilities that I currently have. And would 10/10 sign up again today if I had to redo everything!
Fun fact I only signed up for the club as my nickname is B and I found it funny. Of course B has to join a beekeeping society as that’s where B’s belong.
I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to travel the world for beekeeper and make so many lovely friends!
#31dob25 #31daysofbeekeeping
Day 19: Bee Art!
This has been something I’ve been working on for a bit now, and I’m so happy with how it came out! I’m excited to share “What’s on Tap” — my first t-shirt!
My first hive design was a pub, so it’s only fitting that my first t-shirt design is pub-related too! Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had honey bars where people could come up and get a pint of their favorite honey? Maybe one day! Until then, these t-shirts will have to do 🍯🍻! Slàinte
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Day 18: weirdest non-beekeeper interaction
When someone learns I’m a beekeeper the first question is always. do you get stung? Does it hurt? How many times have you been stung?
When doing a news interview last year I asked that exact question 🫣 people are always shocked no matter how I answer the question. Sometime they jump into their car and speed away in fear….. yes that has also happened before. But that’s a story for another day
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