Polarbee Apiaries LLC

07/24/2024

We will be at all Cle Markets in the month of August except for Kamm Corners. Please think of us for your honey, beeswax, Pollen and maple syrup needs this coming month. We appreciate each of you and hope you have a great Month.

Here are the August dates for the last of our summer market series. We have 2 fall markets (Sept and Oct). Please come out and show your support to the local small businesses. These all are family-friendly and dog friendly events. Entertainment at all markets.

We will be back for their annual celebration 🍾 join us for double the market fun.

Bring your swimwear for

has a new tree house so be sure to check that out.

has the beautiful sunset right on the Lake.

07/18/2024

I want to apologize in advance to our Avon Lake market customers. Due to required training for my regular job we will not be able to setup at tonight’s market in Avon Lake. Cle markets was able to fill our spot with another beekeeper so I encourage everybody to still frequent the market tonight and support the vendors but unfortunately we will miss this one. Our honey is still available at Second Tyme around in the Junction and at Gibbs Butcher shop on Sprague.

We plan to be back next month!

06/20/2024

Nice breeze off the lake tonight! Warm but comfortable evening. Come and grab some honey and enjoy the view. Band is warming up and will be going soon! Veterans Memorial Park Avon Lake with

06/20/2024

Today 4-8! Come grab some honey and a walk along the lake in Avon Lake!

Meet Chomps Tomorrow from the Cleveland Browns Cle Market- Avon Lake

06/11/2024

The first batch of spring honey has been extracted – it is the light colored picture on the left. We have just a few jars of the dark honey from last fall left. Once it’s gone, we won’t have anymore until October.

Those of you who love the light spring honey– it is ready! it is in stock at Second Thyme Around in Grand Pacific Junction and will be available for purchase at the Coe Lake cle market Wednesday evening!

06/04/2024

Well, do you know what is about to go down starting this week! Sticky season is about to commence! Pulling the first boxes tomorrow and by Thursday evening we should have some sweet goodness ready to go! Just in time, we bottled up our last bucket of 2023 honey a couple of days ago!

06/02/2024

Join us back at Coe Lake June 12th from 4p-8p. Entertainment by susan carson from 5p-8p. You will be sure to find something for everyone. Pet friendly. Food trucks include

05/20/2024

We will be at each of these markets in June! Come by and say hi! Love seeing our customers. Avon is a beautiful location right on the lake!

June Market Dates and Locations. If interested in vending please visit www.cle-market.com and register under vendor application.

05/05/2024

This past Saturday, we loaded up the truck, and headed out to split hives. We take 5 frames of bees and brood and the current queen bee of the hive (if we can find her!) and move them to a new location, and put a new queen bee in the original hive.

03/29/2024

I do not typically do cut outs as they are a lot of time and work for questionable gain. A couple here in Olmsted called after buying some of our honey and asked if I could take a look at a tree they had taken down with bees in it. They had had a couple no show keepers in the fall, and I figured what would it hurt to go and take a look.

Well five days later (today) I had the day free and went over with my chain saw to see what was going on. The bees had moved in last summer into an old squirrel den.

It’s really too cold to transfer any brood comb today at 49 degrees So I just wanted to open the hive to get an idea of what needs to be done. I cut out a wedge and got to the bottom of the comb. Saw good brood and honey. Got a small chunk of honey for the couple as they were watching from a short distance away. I am going to have to cut some more but I think I can work my way around and get some room to cut sheets of comb out of the trunk once it warms up. I will take the comb and rubber band it into some empty frames and hopefully find the queen in good shape. I will transfer the hive over to one of my yards, and we will see how they roll this year.

When I was done looking I took the chunk and put it back in the hole. The girls should calm down and hopefully be good end of next week when things warm up a little bit

Thought this might interest some of our followers. Again, I don’t do a lot of cutouts and I do not touch buildings at all with bees. I am mechanically minded, not carpentry minded so I don’t want to mess up any structures. However we do collect swarms “if I don’t have to test my fear of heights”. If you see a swarm give us a call, and if I am free I will roll over and collect it.

03/13/2024

As much as I hate painting boxes, I enjoy building frames. It’s a relaxing and quiet job where I can just get into a rhythm and roll.

It’s been a successful winter so far, only four lost hives. I am nursing a couple of others, but barring an extended cold snap things are looking solid for this coming spring!

Dark honey is almost gone, so if you have been dragging your feet, don’t wait to long. We won’t get anymore till October!

Thank you for the past 12 years! We love the comments and smiles when our customers pickup honey!

We will be posting our current market schedule soon. We have a couple of new markets this year as well as some of our oldies will be back! First one will be May 8th in Berea, by Coe Lake from 4-8. Come by and say “hi” if you’re out and about!

Looking forward to 2024!!!!!

12/03/2023

A Market opportunity popped up and we are setup at the Eastlake City Hall Holiday Market! If you’re on the east side swing by say hi and check out the other vendors!

11/14/2023

Winter prep is done! I wrap all my single hives up and we place a 1” foam board under the lid. The baggy wraps are Bee cozies they have a 2-3 year life typically. They tend to get tears and animals often scratch them up then they soak up water.

The smooth side wraps are new this year. They are twice as much as the cozies but I believe they will have a much longer life. Hope to switch over to them completely over the next couple of years. We will see how the bees do with them this year.

We will check hives 3-4 times over the winter but we leave them alone for the most part. All hives are packed with feed so I am hoping we won’t have to feed till March this spring just to give them a boost and insure they make it till nectar starts to flow!

10/28/2023

North Olmsted Community Cabin 10-3 today!

Come stock up on your honey and candles!

All pricing today at the show is at our previous summer pricing!

10/25/2023

Last market of the season I have scheduled currently! Indoors at the Log Cabin in North Olmsted. Come and check out all the vendors and grab some honey for your tea!!

10/14/2023

Not the prettiest frame but I wanted to keep this silly tradition going. Last frame of 2023 going in the uncapper! Now the big cleanup can commence! We can start de-stickifing the house!

09/24/2023

I have made an effort over the years to keep our pricing as affordable as possible. Unfortunately I do have to adjust prices to reflect my costs occasionally. Due to bottling, supplier and labeling costs we have had to raise a few prices starting 9.23.23. Please be aware of the new prices below:

$11 1lb jars
$20. 2lb jars
$45 5lb jars
$5. Amish soap
3 for a $1 on honey sticks.

We are still offering the discount if you return one of our honey jars to us on a 1:1 basis. $1 for 1lb and 2lb jars and $3 for a 5lb jar.

Return discounts are only available for sales from our home or at our farmer/craft pop up markets.

09/24/2023

We have a new location for our customers in Olmsted Falls! We are setup at “Second Thyme Around” in Olmsted Falls Grand Pacific Junction now!

They are open 7 days a week and we will have all our products available within their respective season! Maple Syrup is available!

If there is a specific item or size you need please reach out and we will try our best to accommodate.

09/18/2023

Fair fail! Even though we’ve been showing at the fair for years, I made a rookie mistake this year. I decided to enter in the molded beeswax figurines, not candles, category, and made this fun, partially melted snowman, BUT we received no ribbon. 😞

The reason? I needed to enter three of them. So next year, we will try again! (with three snowman – and since they don’t need to be identical, maybe I will have them each melted two different heights! 😂)

09/18/2023

Beeswax candles! These received first place at the fair this year, and “love this mold!!” from the judges. I’m going to burn one of these today to see how it turns out – I’ll post the final result in how many hours it burns in the comments tonight! (if I don’t forget!)

08/19/2023

9-2 at the Columbia Station Tractor Supply Company!

Come check out the other vendors and grab something fun from the store! Make sure you take some honey home!

08/18/2023

Going to melt down the block of wax on the left, and try out the new candle mold- taking guesses as to what it is- answer will be posted tonight!

08/18/2023

We will be setup at the Columbia Station Tractor Supply Saturday! Come and check out the other vendors, get your supplies in store and grab some honey for the road!

08/15/2023

Our local county fair ended yesterday. There are three categories for colors of honey, and we received first place in two of the three categories – and third in the other!

08/13/2023

Today 11-3! Summer is coming to a close!

08/13/2023

We will be at Cle market in Olmsted Township tomorrow! Cook and Fitch 11-3 tomorrow afternoon! Come and check us out!

07/16/2023

We will be setup at the market next week 9:30-3pm!

One week out from our Olmsted Twp Market. Join us next Sunday from 11a-3p. We will have food from 30 plus vendors to shop from as well.

07/13/2023

Our view from our booth! Come and enjoy it with us! Veterans Park, Avon Lake!!!

Cle Market!

07/12/2023

Our next four markets! Starting at the bottom in Avon Lake tomorrow evening for a makeup date!

July's lineup. Please note that the canceled June Avon Lake Market was rescheduled to July 13th, so we have 2 markets in Avon Lake. We are looking forward to seeing you out. All locations are pet friendly.

07/12/2023

My most satisfying part of beekeeping! Pure honeycomb! Hopefully we will have a couple ready for tomorrows market in Avon Lake!!!