Battle Born Beeworks

06/23/2024

I rescued this young lady today from our pool. Many people do not know this but honey bees will drown very easily if they don’t have something to stand on when they are drinking. We use waterers that are specifically designed for them but just placing a few stones in open water sources works just fine 🐝🐝🐝🐝

06/09/2024

Hot days like we have in northern Nevada will cause the girls to congregate outside to try to cool off. Honey bees are very good at regulating their body temperature but it’s always a good idea to remove the lid for a bit to give some extra ventilation 🐝🐝🐝

05/11/2024

We gave the girls a 1:1 sugar water feeder today.
What this photo tells me is that we have an abundance of worker bees that are doing what anyone would, and that is to take what is right in front of them.

Now that we know we have strong numbers and determined workers, we’ll take the feeders away and let them collect the local nectar that makes the liquid gold 🍯🍯🐝🐝

05/06/2024

The ladies are really working hard building frames for the queen to keep laying. She will lay around 2000 eggs per day so they have a lot of work to do! 🐝🍯

04/25/2024

4 day inspection went great!! The Queens have been released from their cages and are busy laying eggs. The workers even left some artwork on one of the cages! 🐝🍯

04/21/2024

Some hungry and happy ladies 🐝🍯

04/19/2024

Installing some new packages this weekend! Looking forward to getting some more hives started. 🐝 🍯

04/23/2023

The only “good” yellow jacket is a dead one! The girls are doing a great job cleaning this hive out and defending their territory! 🐝🍯

01/24/2023

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10/10/2022

Our website just went live! We will be adding more content as it comes available. Check it out!

Save The Bees!

10/09/2022

Jarring and Labeling up our beautiful honey! 🐝 🍯 🌸

10/04/2022

Well friends, the time has come for the fall harvest! Lots of work to spin and strain out the comb, but the ladies did an amazing job this year! We are also saving the leftover wax and melting it down, as you can see. With winter approaching, we have started feeding the bees so they have plenty of resources for the cold northern Nevada winter.

08/29/2022

Our garden has become overgrown with wild flowers, which is a pollinator paradise! The top photo is one of our beloved honey bees, and the lower 2 are Native Nevada bees. Many people don’t know about them but they are INCREDIBLY important to our local ecosystem. That pollen could be what keeps a local farmer or gardener thriving!! 🐝🌻🐝🌸🐝

08/16/2022

Checking in on the hives and pulling a couple full frames of honey to make room for more. We are maybe 2 weeks out from a huge harvest. The girls are doing amazing work in the hives!!

08/08/2022

Hello everyone!! As we get closer to the end of summer and ready to harvest, the ladies are literally working their butts off! 🐝🍯🐝🍯

05/20/2022

Today is World Bee Day! 🐝🐝🐝

05/20/2022

Rescued this girl from drowning in the water bowl today. As you can see, she was a bit water-logged and was taking some time to dry herself out before going right back to work! 🐝🍯🐝🍯

04/17/2022

Happy Easter! We peeked in on the hives on this beautiful Easter Sunday and were able to locate 2 of our 3 queens. Besides being marked with the yellow dot, you can see she has less prominent stripes, a much longer and larger torso (in which she stores thousands of fertilized eggs to lay!), plus a large back. We will check back in on the third hive tomorrow to see if we can find her (or evidence of her, such as eggs). This hive is a bit “spicier” than the other two, so we left them be for today.

04/16/2022

Since we moved the ladies into their new homes last weekend the weather in northern Nevada has not been very pleasant. We are happy to say the girls are healthy and adjusting well! Looking forward to doing a much more intensive inspection this weekend! 🐝🐝🐝

04/10/2022

Move in day!! We welcomed about 75,000 new residents to the apiary today! Within the next 4 days the attendant bees will eat through the "candy" plug on the queen cage to let her out and she will begin laying eggs! The workers will be out and about collecting nectar and start full production! Keep following, as we will be sure to be adding updates!! 🐝🍯🐝🍯

04/08/2022

Hello everyone! We are happy to announce that we are setting up for about 75,000 new residents tomorrow! These new ladies are going to be very spoiled, as we are giving them a head start with full frames from last year! 🐝🍯

03/13/2022

Say hello to Finnegan, our Operations Manager! He really doesn’t do a whole lot.. but loves honey, and loves to help! 🐝🍯

03/12/2022

It’s preparation day! The sun is out and it’s warming up. We are busy all day getting our hives ready to add our new colonies and expand the apiary. With Spring right around the corner the bees are going to be starting to pack away the pollen and nectar and the Queens will start revving up egg laying! We need to be ready to add more boxes and frames for the hives to grow. 🐝🌻🌼🌸🍯

12/29/2021

Hello friends!! We know its been a while since you heard from us, but we are happy to announce we will be adding 3 more colonies this spring!!!! 🐝🍯🐝🍯

11/27/2021

Absolutely gorgeous day today! The ladies are working so hard! Without the minor tweaks from us humans helping them out, they can definitely handle their own…. As you can see in this video, the dead bees are dragged out to the entrance by the workers so they don’t spread disease or take up space.
*Disclaimer: We will wait till dusk to remove them because right now will make them incredibly angry 😉

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are very thankful for these warm, beautiful days and healthy hives! In northern Nevada, the nights in the 20s and days in the 50s, it is very difficult to keep the ladies happy.. They are doing very well though and are out foraging the days away 🐝🍯🐝🍯

11/14/2021

Bee breathing 🐝🐝🐝🐝

11/06/2021

This time of year, there are plenty of intruders trying to rob the ladies of their hard work. While checking on them tonight I caught this battle between one of the guards and a yellow jacket. The ladies will relentlessly defend the hive with their lives 🐝🐝🐝

10/30/2021

Even this late in the year, the ladies are still coming in fully loaded. They are also showing their aggression as this one climbed into my pocket and stung me 😖🐝

10/28/2021

We had record breaking rainfall over the last few days so the ladies were being hermits in the hive. Now that the weather is back to normal sunny Nevada , they are eating like it’s literally their job. And they were NOT happy with me being in their faces 🐝🍯🐝🍯