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All of our spring bee options are now posted for purchase and reservation on our website. With the exception of the late March package bees, all options are available for pickup outside of Nicholson in northeastern PA or at our farm shop outside of Carlisle, PA. Overwintered nucs are now all reserved, but we stillContinue reading “Spring Bees Availability”

Most times of the year, it’s exciting to see colonies with frames of brood, but at this time of the year in Pennsylvania, it’s the opposite of what you want. This time of year— from now until the days start getting longer (winter solstice)—is a perfect time to do an organic treatment for varroa mites,Continue reading “Daylight and Capped Brood are Disappearing–that can be a good thing…”

Spring Nuc reservations for both late April overwintered and late May/early June 2024 nucs are now being accepted. Pricing varies based on quantity, and no deposit is needed (pay at pickup). Our hands-on spring classes are now also scheduled and can be reserved. We expect to have package bee ordering live soon, and will putContinue reading “Spring Nuc Reservations are “Live””

We have wax-dipped winter feed shims for 5, 8, and 10 frame hives, reflectix insulation pieces for 5, 8, and 10 frame hive bodies as well as Hive Alive fondant in stock. We also have scales to weigh hives, entrance reducers, and a limited supply of mouse guards (more arriving soon). Open Friday 9am-8pm orContinue reading “Winter Supplies in Stock”

In many areas of Pennsylvania, if you have small colonies or splits that need to be fed to reach their winter weight, there is still a little bit of time before things get colder. However, if you have a colony that does not reach an ideal weight before it gets cold, you may need toContinue reading “Winter Feeding When Needed”

Our dark, fall honey with mostly knotweed and a little goldenrod is now in stock in all sizes, except buckets. If you reserved or already requested a bucket, contact us for timing (some will be ready this Friday and more next week). Here is a jar shown next to spring honey.

We are just finishing collection of the fall honey and are working on extracting it. That honey will be available starting the week of October 23rd. We will have it in all sizes (including gallons), with the exception of buckets–most of those have already been reserved. This honey is very dark, sweet and primarily knotweedContinue reading “Fall (Knotweed) Honey Availability/Timing”

We still have fresh bee pollen, spring honey, and comb honey in stock and our fall/dark honey (with knotweed and goldenrod) will be available in early October. We also have a variety of supplies for your fall bee needs, including shims, digital scales, reflectix insulation, entrance reducers, nutritional supplies, varroa management, and more. In manyContinue reading “Fall Supplies and Rentals at the Farm Shop”

We will be wax dipping next Friday, September 1. This will be the final “open” (no minimum number) wax dip date for 2023. You can drop your boxes or solid bottom boards (new, unused, not painted/stained) off anytime between now and 2pm on September 1. at the Carlisle farm shop. Please mark your name onContinue reading “Last Wax “Open” Dipping Day of 2023!”

This is last minute notice, unfortunately, but you can drop your boxes or solid bottom boards (new, unused, not painted/stained) off tonight or tomorrow before 4pm at the Carlisle farm shop. Please mark your name on the inside of each piece to be dipped. Cost for this dip is $5 per item. We will probablyContinue reading “Wax Dipping Tomorrow (August 25)”