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Adding a new out yard
I was recently invited to put a few colonies on a tree farm about 3 min from my current apiary. I happily agreed and got to work building it yesterday. Anyone in my area knows that digging is not an easy task because of all the rock we have here. Well, putting T-posts and 8’ grounding rods in isn’t much easier. Please excuse the crooked t-posts, they started out straight but, the rocks had other plans. Why did I need an electric fence you may ask. Well, black bears are very common in my area. While nothing will keep out a determined bear, electric fence is a little more insurance…
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Replacement Queen Day
Sadly sometimes, queens for some reason disappear from their hives. This could be because, she died, was failing, accidentally got rolled by the beekeeper inspecting the hive, pests caused problems or she was chased from the hive. However it happened to me this time, I needed to replace my queen in one of my 9 hives. First I tried to give the colony a frame of brood from egg to capped. I did this so that the colony could try and raise their own emergency queen. It looked like they were successful, I saw emergency cells created, capped and then torn down. This means the virgin queen emerged took out…
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Interested in learning more about honeybees?
I will be giving an all ages talk about honeybees this Thursday April 23rd at Jim Thorpe Dimmick memorial library at 6:30pm Can’t make the Jim Thorpe session? I will also be giving the same talk Wednesday April 29th at the Penn Kidder Library in Albrightsville at 6:30 pm. You can find more details and RSVP here: https://www.dimmicklibrary.org/ Hope to see you there. Tim
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Some new bees moved in last week.
4 new packages of Russian hybrid honey bees.
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Carbon County PA Honey Bee Swarm Collection Services by Tim
If you find a honey bee swarm, first try to identify if it is truly honey bees. Honey bee swarms are generally just trying to survive and often pay little attention to people or pets. Other stinging insects can be aggressive, so it is wise to give them space until identified. If you see a swarm and live in the Carbon County PA area, please give me a call or text at (610) 209-9061. I will be happy to come out and collect them as soon as I can. I am now offering Honey Bee Cut-Out services. Please contact me for more details.
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Local Honey and Beeswax Products
See Farmstand Hours for location and times for local pickup. If you would like to order any items below please send an email to tim@turtlebeehoney.com. Summer Honey now available in 1lb Glass jars Current products: Honey – Jars with honeycomb — $15 – 16 oz Jars — $10 Natural Bees Wax – Round Bee — $1.00 – Big Turtles — $0.50 – Sea Turtles — $0.25 Availability may change throughout the season.
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Farmstand Hours and Location
M-F 6 AM – 8 PM 62 Highland Hills Rd, Lehighton, PA 18235 Weekends please ring the door bell if you need assistance or approach us if we are outside. Farmstand is now open and ready for service. We accept cash in the lift top cashbox, Venmo or PayPal via QR code.
