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Nilo Bees

We are a local family who love our bees. We have this page to update people and answer any questions people may have about bees or beekeeping in Boulder County.

06/07/2024

One of our hives in Longmont swarmed last night. We checked them last week and must have missed a queen cell. It was a massive swarm and late at night so we did a different kind of collection. We knocked them into a sheet and had them walk into their new home. It worked and they are now happily by our barn.

06/07/2024

Last night one of our own hives swarmed. We checked them last week and didn’t think we left any queen cells but clearly missed one. It was a massive swarm and being late at night we had to do a different kind of collection. We knocked them onto a blanket and let them walk into their new hive. There were so many bees we ended up having to add a second box for them to fit. It was an adventure and they are now happily by our barn in a new home.

06/03/2024

Tonight we moved four hives back to Red Wagon Farms. This year we have two hives in Longmont, two on Gapter rd in Boulder, 4 at Red Wagon Farms and 3 at our house in Boulder. Huge thank you to to the amazing and very kind farmer who hosts our hives. If you are looking for an amazing farmer to support, stop by his farm stand and make sure to say thank you to him for helping the bees!

10/15/2023

Just finished bottling honey. This year we have 25 one pound jars available for $13. This year we have smaller jars available as well. 5oz jars are $6 and 1.5oz jars are $3. We only have 15 5oz jars and 10 1.5oz jars. We will have creamed honey in a few weeks. Available for porch pick up starting tomorrow. Once it is gone, we will not have more until next fall. All ounces are by weight not volume.

5 ounce jars are sold out. If you commented that you wanted some, I saved them for you.

10/14/2023

It’s that time if year again and we are preparing to bottle honey. Are people wanting creamed honey this year? Smaller jars for teacher gifts exc? Lotion bars? Now is the time to make requests:)

07/28/2023

Each year I post about swarms and advocate for calling a beekeeper. Yesterday I was contacted by a friend who has bees that moved into her stone post on her porch. This was a swarm that decided to live in her wall. Bees look for big empty spaces(in nature it would be a hollowed out dead tree). Well those aren’t common in our current world because we have so many homes close together and generally cut down old trees. So, they have nowhere to go and love these stone posts. It’s honestly a nightmare once they move in and so difficult to remove. So if you believe in Lea int nature be, that’s great but please call a beekeeper for swarms. They really don’t have natural places to live and cause so much stress for people when they move into a wall or post. Just know that we love our bees and take care of them, as do most beekeepers. Calling a beekeeper to help when you see a clump of bees us 100% what you should do to avoid this.

07/21/2023

When it’s hot our, bees sometimes do this. We don’t really know why but I like to think they are having a dance party…

07/04/2023

Mini hive project.

06/18/2023

Inspected hives today and got to watch a baby bee coem out of its cell❤️🐝

06/15/2023

4th swarm was caught yesterday. It was very high up but we were lucky and not only found the Queen but gotnhwr into a clip. Swarms follow their Queen so it is the easiest way to capture a whole swarm. We left the box until late at night so all the bees would go inside their new home. Then we released the qurn and started to feed them to help give them a little boost to build their new home. Excited to say they seem to being doing very well today❤️

05/27/2023

Second swarm catch of the season right before the massive storm hit! It was rushed and not so pretty so send them some positive energy!!!

05/21/2023

First swarm of the season caught. A few escaped on the drive home🤣🤪🐝

05/21/2023

Swarms have been late to arrive this year but are officially starting. Keep a look out for them and please don’t spray them!!!

05/17/2023

Hive splitting day!

04/30/2023

A small amount of honey available for porch pickup. Honeycombs are $12 and jars of honey are $15. Porch pickup. We have a cash box and also accept Venmo.

04/25/2023

We are now entering honeybee swarm season. a swarm is a giant clump of bees often high up in a tree. This is how bees create a new hive. They are generally very docile while swarming but it can look scary. Please don’t kill them, call a beekeeper who will come and place them in a safe location. Anyone in the Boulder or Denver area can call or text us at anytime and we will help. 720-628-5245

03/06/2023

A nuc is a small hive people buy to establish their own hives. This year we have decided not to keep any of our splits and will be selling 5 frame nucs. We will not be mating our own queens and will be able to have Italian, carniolan, Russian, locally mated in Longmont or Saskatraz bees available. We plan on making all hive Saskatraz unless people request another variety. Nucs will be $200 each. Message me if you want to get on the list for hives in the spring. We should have a good idea if how many will he available in a few weeks. Message me with any questions you may have!

01/01/2023

What I’ve we been doing while there is less beekeeping to do? For the past two days I’ve been working on designing shirts for Nilo Bees. Sophia may have stolen my computer and taken over…

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Swarm collection

When it’s hot our, bees sometimes do this. We don’t really know why but I like to think they are having a dance party…

Mini hive project.

Inspected hives today and got to watch a baby bee coem out of its cell❤️🐝

Second swarm catch of the season right before the massive storm hit! It was rushed and not so pretty so send them some positive energy!!!

Hive splitting❤️❤️❤️

Hive splitting day!

This week, a local beekeeer asked us if we could take his two hives. We were more than happy to take them and excited to expand our apiary. When moving the hives, we accidentally shifted the hive slightly and the bees were getting out from the front and side so it turned into a challenging move. We did our best to get all the bees but many were left behind the next day. So I went back at night and they were all clumped on a bush. I took an old frame of brood and placed it right by the bees. This video shows them matching onto the frame. The next day there were still bees in the yard and they were MAD so I bright a box with a frame of brood and honey inside and they all swarms in so tho box was closed and bees re-United with their hive. Why does this work? Well lost and swarming bees are looking for home. Old brood frames smell like bees so when gathered they peacefully walk into the frame looking for home. This trick is used for swarm catching(in fact I did this a few days prior while catching a swarm) and in cases of lost bees like this. Both hives are now happy and all the bees are together.