Main Line Honey

01/15/2024

Yesterday we posted about Beekeeping 101 classes, perhaps you want to know more about Beekeeping before taking a class? If so, please check out our Curious About Beekeeping Event in February!

01/15/2024

I get alot of questions about beekeeping. here is a good way to get many of them answered. or check in with me about classes in the spring.

Yesterday we posted about Beekeeping 101 classes, perhaps you want to know more about Beekeeping before taking a class? If so, please check out our Curious About Beekeeping Event in February!

09/17/2023

‼️CALLING ARTISTS‼️ There will be another Battle of the Brushes going down at on March 23, 2024 and this time we are giving the winner a $1000! 🤑

👨‍🎨-If you are interested in competing then I invite you to apply at:
https://battleofthebrushes.artcall.org/

Also If you have any questions don’t hesitate to message me!

08/13/2023

07/13/2023

More 4 season room picks. I would rather not be doing the build in this particular season, tooooo hot.

06/15/2023

The nukes are doing very well for as dry as it has been. I couldn't get into them last week with all the smoke from Canada. So I have bees for sale. Let me know. They are busting out the top.

06/15/2023

The new location is working out splendid. The honey here so far is very light. I have some nukes for sale. Message me. They are busting out the top. I couldn't get into them with all the smoke from Canada but they kept at it.

04/11/2023

So you saw a bunch of bees fly in or you've found a big ball of honey bees hanging in your tree, on the fence or in a bush! What is it and what do you do??? Well first off don't panic. Swarming bees are generally very gentle and are just hanging out until they can locate a new home to move into. So what you have is a swarm of honey bees! What do you do? You go to the York County Beekeepers Associations webpage and call a beekeeper on our Swarm Collector Listing. Find a beekeeper on the list in your quadrant (in relation to Rt 30 and I-83). More than likely they will be happy to come remove the honey bees for you. They will probably ask you a few questions and may ask for a photo (to confirm they are honey bees). Then they will ask how high up are the bees and how large the ball of bees is (basket ball sized, football, baseball). So check out the link to the swarm list below: https://www.ycbk.org/public-resources/local-swarm-collectors

03/30/2023

Big day yesterday, got some of the bees moved. 2 more colonies to move today. It feels so nice to have my little friends here with me.

10/29/2022

Beautiful

10/03/2022

Greetings one and all, The season has changed, the endless summer is over and what a good summer the bees have had. They made some wonderful honeys. It is time once again to think about all the fun we have in the fall. So I present to you some fun host and seasonal gift packages. We have three of our delicious honeys 🍯 (1/2 lb) festively adorned and packaged. They are $20 each, buy three or more and get $1 off each package. Buy 8 or more and get a free bottle of honey also. Supplies are limited so get ahold of me to schedule a time to pick some up

06/09/2022

We have several more nice nukes for sale. Message me if interested.

06/09/2022

I still have some more nukes for sale if anybody is interested.

05/05/2022

So I have several Nukes for sale. They are a $135 apiece. anybody interested Let me know. My base stock is Russian And they are open air mated.

03/16/2022

It's time for some spring feeding, giving the girls a little boost. I take a quart jar and put a large spoon of last year's honey, four drops of Wintergreen and one tablespoon of honey bee healthy. Mix it all together with a two to one sugar water mixture. The water is filtered and boiled. Then I put it on top of the hives and they will drink that down in two or three days.

12/29/2021

Cora did the honors today of picking the winner who is Kiersten Moe, congratulations!

11/20/2021

I'll have the kettle on between 10 and 1 tomorrow for people to come by and get their holiday honey packages. Do To covid concerns message me to make an appointment so I don't have too many people at one time. Thanks so much looking forward to seeing you all. Discount purchases $1 off each package when buying four or more..

10/16/2021

Come on down to Abrams and Weakley General Store for pets and get yourself some local raw honey. And while you're at it you can adopt a cat. Pick up yourself a hot dog, whoopie pies another baked goods to eat. If they have all kinds of catnip Laden toys. 50 cents for every pound of honey purchased goes to Harrisburg area rescue team.

12/05/2020

Greetings all my faithful Facebook followers! Tomorrow December 2nd I will be putting the kettle on as in years past. This year I have honey, honey gift packs and propolis for sale. the door will be open from 9:30 to 1o'clock. There'll be quantity discounts available. The third person in the door gets a free propolis and the 6th person gets a free bottle of honey. Come enjoy some treats and tea, hopefully they'll be some shoofly pie left for you. Please don't forget to like and share this post, thank you. And the entrance to my home is on the Clay Street side I will have a sign in the door. A blessed holiday to all!

09/27/2020

Letting the bees clean all the extra honey. Then we'll bring the boxes in and clean them up play scraping away the extra wax and propolis. Looking for any wax moth Etc. And they will sit waiting for next year to be filled up again.

09/27/2020

The 2020 honey is very dark, with a smokey molasses taste. It is killer on my granola.

09/25/2020

Supers on supers off... We are harvesting the honey

06/09/2019

I have some beautiful nukes for sale anybody interested let me know

05/10/2019

Deep Look • PBS

Here are some fascinating information

Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special food called bee bread.

04/09/2019

I am checking on that package that I installed the other day

03/07/2019

Colony Size Drives Honey Bees' Overwinter Survival

People always ask me what do the bees do in the winter . This is a great article on that from Penn State . https://entomologytoday.org/2019/01/09/colony-size-drives-honey-bees-overwinter-survival/?fbclid=IwAR3B81ClVEyQp0XgmNJ-0QGt-rO0Rbj7nIl3X3DqJhKZa11PVk_STvfJFr0

Research in Pennsylvania shows that overall colony weight and the number of worker bees to be the leading factors in determining overwintering survival of honey bee colonies.