Laissez Faire Honey Farm

06/07/2024

🐝🐝🐝🐝 🍯

05/30/2024

We got a nifty bumbleebee postcard from the UK thanks to via

05/30/2024

We ❤️ all at the honey farm! This is a future gulf fritillary chowing down on some native passionflower.

05/20/2024

Moved this massive 🐝 swarm into its new home and only got 5 stings! 💥

05/12/2024

Happy Mothers Day from the ultimate mother - the queen bee! 🐝 She is the mother of every single bee in her hive, all 60,000 of them!

05/11/2024

I put swarm traps out and finally had bees move in to this one. Let’s welcome these girls to the Laissez Faire family! 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝

05/10/2024

The girls are working hard! 🐝 🐝 🐝

04/04/2024

Can you spot the 👑 queen bee? 🐝

04/02/2024

Part 7: DONE! All bees were relocated to a new hive. We’ll check in them in a few days and see how they’re settling.

04/01/2024

Part 3: The bees entered the hive right under the eaves of the vestibule. The Bee Bumbler started cutting away the siding to expose the hive.

04/01/2024

Bee rescue, Part 2: The thermal camera showed where the bulk of the hive was located… or so we thought.

03/31/2024

This 150 year old church had some unwelcome residents: 🐝🐝🐝🐝. The Bee Bumbler and I evicted them this weekend.

03/23/2024

Another day, another swarm! Spring is definitely here!

03/18/2024

If you’re 🥶 cold, they’re 🐝 cold… added a quilt to last week’s swarm to help them through a chilly night. Necessary? Probably not. Adorable? Absolutely.

03/15/2024

A cool morning made the bees 🐝really stand out in this thermal cam pic.

03/14/2024

First swarm of the season! 🐝🐝🐝REMEMBER: Let me know if you see a swarm and want it re-homed! I promise to take good care of them!

03/14/2024

New beekeeping toy: a thermal camera! The 🐝 bees are clustered together on the right side of the upper box.

12/12/2023

👋🏽 🐝 ❤️

12/10/2023

Introducing our newest addition to the farm! Added 2 new 🐝 hives yesterday. They were feisty about moving but hopefully they will settle in nicely.

12/05/2023

Level up! New 🍯 bottling tank arrived today! This means no more 5 gallon buckets on the kitchen counters and no honey drips on the floor.

11/19/2023

Bee rescue this weekend. Relocated these girls from inside a fallen tree into a deluxe apartment.

11/02/2023

Come see us this Saturday at Norman Farmers Market!

10/24/2023

Shout out to one of our favorite non-bee pollinators - 🦇 bats!

10/21/2023

Got chapped lips? We got you! Come try lip balm made with beeswax from our 🐝 hives. Flavor of the week: Blueberry 🫐🍋 Lemonade

10/19/2023

DYK we sell candles 🕯️ made from beeswax from our 🐝 hives? Sweetgrass, Palo Santo, Lavender, and other delightful scents available. We’re back at Norman Farmers Market this Saturday from 8-1.

10/16/2023

Throwback to helping my pops with his beehives about 7 years ago.

09/25/2023

Come by Andrews Park on Sunday afternoon! We’ll be there with 🍯 honey for sale and wildflower 🌸 seeds and 🐝 stickers for free (while supplies last).

09/07/2023

Processing beeswax this evening. The wax cappings come from opening up the honeycomb to extract the honey. I collect these and strain out as much honey as possible. Next, I wash them in cool water multiple times to get out the last remnants of honey. Last step for tonight is hanging them up to dry.

09/03/2023

09/02/2023

Fall honey harvest starts tomorrow!