Polarbee Apiaries LLC

12/06/2024

This was too good to not pass on. One of my beekeeping friends posted this today and thought the bakers here might get a chuckle.

10/26/2024

North Olmsted Community Cabin
Craft Sale
Today 10-3!

Come in and say Hi! Grab some honey and check out the other crafters here today!

10/19/2024

Last of the honey being pulled this weekend. Hope to be wrapped up and equipment put to bed by Thursday! The dry summer really impacted honey production badly but God is good and we will have enough to get through spring I believe.

Thankful for a great weather weekend!

10/06/2024

Reasons to come to East River Park in Olmsted Falls today October 6th, 2024!

1. Last day in the 70’s forecasted for the foreseeable future!
2. Beautiful Park with a nice walking trail!
3. Support the Olmsted Falls Marching Band!
4. Oh yeah…. Stock up on Honey!!
5. Good place to relax and get away from the craziness.
6. Get some good food!
7. Support some small, local buisnesses.
8. Good way to avoid the Browns breaking your heart…..again
9. Brownie points with the significant other if you initiate men!
10. Did I mention stock up on awesome Local, Raw honey!

Last day of warm weather get off your bums and take advantage! You will need honey for your tea after today!

09/25/2024

Excited that we have our Honey at Second Thyme Around. Voted as Best Antique and Vintage Shop in the Cleveland magazine.

Proud to announce Second Thyme Around WON BEST OF CLEVELAND MAGAZINE for BEST Antique and Vintage Shop. Thank you to all that voted! ❤️ We are so excited!!

09/21/2024

Saturday Market!! Medina on 18 within sight of the Root Candle factory! Come and check out the vendors and grab some awesome Local honey!!! Supporting one of our stores Romancing the Walls!

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08/25/2024

Moving Hives #2

Okay 1. hives have been stapled together. 2. Enterance blocks have been installed. These are dual purpose with an entrance reducer on one side and a blocker on the other. When we go to move the hives we just flip them over and lock the bees into the hive. 3. Honey supers pulled. Very nice supers which will give 110-115 lbs of honey I am estimating. We will find out tomorrow evening when we spin the honey out.

On the upside the contractor is able to work with us and the family told us to stay till seasons end. I will re-super the hives tomorrow evening and they will be ready for the fall goldenrod flow which will start in the next week or so. (If we have one it’s been hit and miss the past four years). Either way hives are all well over 100lbs so they are in great shape already.

We will revisit the move the first of October now. 2 hives will go to Elyria and 4 to North Ridgeville. None of my Wellington sites are far enough away to be sure the foragers won’t try and come back.

Beekeeping is an adventure and hope you can get a little bit of the ride with me through these updates.

Signing off for another day!

Jeremy.

08/22/2024

Last Berea Market of the year September 11.

Our last Coe Lake Market for the season is fast approaching. Register now if interested in vending at www.cle-market.com or join us to shop local. Listen to live music from 5p-8p and grab a bite to eat. We look forward to seeing you there.

08/21/2024

Moving Hives.

Several years ago a member in our church approached me and asked me for help. He had started beekeeping later in years and wanted me to look at his hives. I gladly agreed not knowing it would turn into a good friendship. I helped him care for his bees for 3 or 4 seasons. We had several beekeeping adventures with his six hives.

One day he called me up and asked me to come help him catch a swarm that had come from one of his hives. I drove over and he had me in his old Ford tractor bucket and lifted me up to the swarm in the middle of a tree. We were laughing and talking about what we had accomplished. Near the end of our adventure that day he looked at me and told me if something happened to him the bees and equipment were mine. I was touched and told him that he was going to be around for a long time but I appreciated the thought.

What he didn’t tell me is he had a doc appt for a health issue two days later. Three days later I got the call that he had had to have surgery and he hadn’t made it. My heart hadn’t hurt that bad since losing my grandpa when I was 16.

True to his word he had told his wife that the bee equipment was to be mine and she and her sons honored that request. I have lost track of the years , it’s been 4 or 5 I think, and I have kept the hives going in their original spots. I think of Ray every time I am here and smile when I see our swarm tree.

Time has taken its toll on the garage the bees sit behind. I knew it was slated for repair and got the word Sunday I would need to move the hives. I will miss this location and the memories. I am thankful for Mary Lou allowing me to keep the bees behind the garage all these years.

I say all that as I sit here in front of the hives just to remind everyone to let those you love, friends and family, that you care about them. You don’t know what tomorrow may bring. Thankfully Ray was confident in his relationship with God through his Son and I am confident I will see him again someday soon. Heaven is suppose to be the land of milk and honey. I am confident the bees will need some tending then too. To my old beekeeping buddy I will be there to help with hives again someday and we can laugh together again.

I started this to just show the process of moving bees on a small scale. I guess I got caught on the saber tooth bunny trail. It’s a multi day process so I will revisit it over the next couple of days. Tonight I stapled the hives together. You can see the copper staple on the front of the hives. I use seven all the way around the hive. This obviously makes the bees grumpy. Tomorrow I will come back and finish putting the enterance covers on the hives and pull the honey supers. We will let them calm down overnight again and Friday evening we will lift them into the truck or a trailer and move them to their new home. We will get more pics as I go along.

Thank you to our customers and followers. Your loyalty makes this biz fun.

Signing off for tonight.
Jeremy

08/18/2024

Cuyahoga County Fair ended a week ago- we picked up a few more blue, red, and white ribbons!

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!