Wee Bee Crazee

09/23/2024

Our honey display made the news for the 2024 Oregon Honey Fest.

09/20/2024

09/17/2024

Come on out to Honey Fest this Saturday 9/21/24 in Oregon OH.

09/03/2024

I was called out to Providence metro park after the recent storm, to remove a swarm from a tree limb that had fallen near a pedestrian path. It took me a few days to get there but they had to drag the limb out into the woods. I decided to leave them Bee as they were content with the new location. They looked new to this hole in the tree or maybe outgrowing it, so I think they may relocate. The limb in the new position is Knot ideal as the comb they have built is oriented wrong and maybe another reason they will want to move. I will check in on them in a few weeks to how they are doing. The tree is in bad shape so it will have to be removed.

07/31/2024

Join us for a sweet treat. Straight from the hive to the jar, come experience the joys of honey harvest. 🐝💛🖤 RSVP at 419.720.8714 or email [email protected]

07/23/2024

Did a cut out today in West Millgrove OH. Average size swarm very new as it was all fresh white comb with nectar and small amount of pollen. No brood nest. Queen was hard to find as they were working on building back under the floor. After several attempts to grab a pile of bees with my hand I could not get her. I used a small cardboard box and scraped the underside of the floor and lo and behold there she was I dumped her in the nuc box and everyone followed. Off to find them a new home.

05/20/2024

University of Findlay is now home to approximately 100,000 bees and a new bee club called The Hive. Two UF students founded the club and...

04/25/2024

Plant these to feed the bees! 🐝

04/22/2024

Just another reminder to those in the Northern Hemisphere that Dandelions are a key source of early nectar to Pollinators, flowering normally begins in a few weeks time but we're already getting reports of Dandelions appearing across the hemisphere, so consider leaving a few plants to flower if you are mowing 🐝

Dandelion (genus Taraxacum) are flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions native to Eurasia and to North America, but the two commonplace species in the wider world, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were also introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers in those regions including North America where they are considered introduced. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion comes from French "dent-de-lion", meaning "lion's tooth". Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators that themselves are critical to pollination of later flowering plants. Although they are appearing earlier, May-June is a peak blooming time critical for Pollinators.