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We are a small scale, local producer of honey in an urban setting committed to producing small batch honey that preserves the unique flavor of natural honey from hive to table.
Kyiv region's residents reported that the russian occupiers had mined a beehive but bees saved the people. After opening the hive's lid, there was no explosion, because in six months the bees filled the igniters with honey and the pins did not pop out
Honey available now at . Get some while you can.
Nothing goes to waste. Even the empty frames are given back to the bees who will pick up every last drop of honey to take back to their hives.
Day 2 off to a great start.
And we're off....
First batch of honey in the extractor.
A quick update: extraction is planned for this weekend and we hope to start taking orders by next week. In the meantime, you can get a tube of our bee balm in a new, larger, 0% plastic container at Switchback!
Swarm season is here! This is your annual reminder from your neighborhood beekeeper that swarm season is here. Beehives, wild and managed, are quickly building up their numbers in preparation for the spring honey flow. If a colony of bees doesn't have enough space in their current home, the queen and roughly half of her colony will split and try to find a new place to settle.
To us, the swarm can look scary: a cloud of stinging insects forming into a tight cluster on our prized rosebush, the side of our house, or even in our car (if we leave a window down). DON'T PANIC! They are just looking for a new home. Not only do they NOT want to sting you, if its been less than 24 hours since they left the hive, they are all probably so full of honey that they CAN'T physically sting you even if they wanted to.
If you see a swarm, remember to stay calm and DON'T SPRAY. Message me at [email protected] or find another local beekeeper here: https://www.michiganbees.org/swarm-removal/swarm-removal-map/
Swarm removal is almost always free.
If anyone has a more intimate relationship with a local colony (e.g. they have moved into a wall in your home) a beekeeper with some construction know-how can get in there and remove them for a fee. Again, please DO NOT SPRAY or try to block the entrance. Bees will find a way out and you don't want that way to be through the drywall on the inside of your house. If you kill the colony, you will just end up with a wall full of fermenting honey and rotting bees which will make a mess of your home and attract other pests. Removing bees alive is not only good for the bees, but good for you as well.
I'm no certified engineer, but I'm willing to come take a look at potential removals for a small fee and work with contractors if the project is beyond my ability.
Happy spring, everybody!
The bees are ramping up for spring but before they take center stage, here's a quick update on The Queen Bee who went to the shop last week for some fresh paint. She's looking downright regal.
Last chance to register for our Complete Beginner Beekeeper course starting January 29. Registration closes tomorrow, January 22. Additional information and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-complete-beginner-beekeeper-registration-211776869317
Classes are filling up for our Complete Beginner Beekeeping course starting later this month. To learn more and register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-complete-beginner-beekeeper-registration-211776869317
Oh deer. This is from a couple months ago, but a recent download revealed this young buck foraging around our hives. Stay safe, buddy, have a safe winter, and we will see you next spring.
We are proud to be able to donate 10% of our annual gross sales to the MSU Pollinator Initiative and Heroes to Hives Programs. The Heroes to Hives program provides an extensive year-long course on all aspects of beekeeping, providing education and opening new doors to individuals who have sacrificed so much in service to our country. I'm proud to call myself an alumni of this program. The pollinator initiative is also a valuable program offered through MSU which is designed to provide education and support to Michigan's native pollinators which play a critical role in our ecosystem...more so even than honeybees. During this giving season, please consider contributing to one or both of these valuable programs.
Surprise 1: Extra delivery day for December 18, just in time for the holidays
Surprise 2: Three words: Bourbon. Barrel. Honey.
Holiday Delivery Day - December 18
Interested in becoming a beekeeper? Sign up for our complete course for everything you need to become a first year beekeeper. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-complete-beginner-beekeeper-registration-211776869317?utm_campaign=post_publish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_content=shortLinkNewEmail
By popular demand, we are offering a beginner beekeeping course in 2022. The complete beginner course includes classes, all essential equipment, and bees! The program is designed to give you everything you need for your first year as a beekeeper.
If you're not yet ready to take the plunge with a live hive, you can sign up for the education only program.
Registration is now open: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-complete-beginner-beekeeper-registration-211776869317
Complete beginner beekeeper course. Registration includes hives, bees, equipment, and training at relevant times throughout your first year.
Beginning next year, we are considering offering a beginner beekeeping course for those ready to become beekeepers themselves. We would like to offer an all-in-one program which provides relevant coursework and hands-on exposure over the beekeeping season (3-4 sessions), a starter set of equipment, and, of course, bees ready for their new home.
Those who are not yet ready to take the full plunge would be welcome to attend the classes and field trips at a reduced rate.
We are still figuring out costs but estimate that the whole package would be around $800 to $950..Just the classwork would be priced at about $150 to $200 for all sessions.
If this is something you might be interested in, please let me know in the comments below and indicate whether you would want to do the full package or just the classes. THERE IS NO COMMITMENT AT THIS TIME. If there is enough general interest, we will begin taking reservations in December.
Last chance to get your honey order in for delivery this Saturday. Residents of Creston, Riverside Gardens, and Comstock Park can place their orders here: https://www.aberdeenapiary.com/blank-page-1
Everyone else can find our honey in stock while supplies last at on Plainfield and in Comstock Park.
It's finally time! Place your delivery order or pick up a jar of this year's honey at Switchback on Plainfield or Eternal Coffee in Comstock Park.
Pick up a jar at Eternal Coffee in Comstock Park, Switchback on Plainfield, or by placing an order for delivery on October 9 using our online form.
Working late…
Harvest complete. Another week or two and we will have the honey extracted and ready for sale.
I got stumped yesterday when someone asked me whether bees sleep. Certainly they come home at night but I had never heard whether they sleep or or not.
According to a study conducted in the 1980s, turns out that they do, in fact, sleep at night. You can tell a bee is in a deep sleep when its antennae droop and its wings lay flat against its back.
https://invisibledust.com/journal/what-do-bees-do-when-theyre-not-at-work
Bees live up to their busy reputation if you take the time to watch them. Moving from flower to flower with focus, they definitely look like insects that have got stuff to do. But we recently began to wonder: what do they do when they’re not pollinating?
Come meet our queen and try some tasty treats at Cooking Connection this afternoon.
Tomorrow (Friday) at Cooking Connection, some lucky person is going to win an Aberdeen Apiary gift basket. Drawing is at 3:00 pm. Get there early to be in the running for gift baskets from the local bakers and coffee roaster.
https://www.cookie-chicks.com/
What’s shaking’? This is: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/37NlfR3rt?languageTag=en #/main
What’s shakin’ at Aberdeen Apiary?
Honey will be available this Friday, September 17, at Cooking Connections in Comstock Park
Bees, just like humans, enjoy sitting on the porch on these warm August evenings.
It was such a busy July, that we ran out of equipment and quickly had to make more before they ran out of room.
We are on vacation this week in southern Utah and while taking a late lunch in front of the lodge at Zion, a little friend also decided to take a break.
In other news, the episode of J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom in which Aberdeen Apiary was featured airs this Saturday at noon on WGVU. This series is nationally syndicated so check your local PBS listings for air dates if you live outside the Grand Rapids area.
You can watch the episode any time here: https://ubloom.com/blog/2021/04/14/episode-303-pollinators-bloom-2/
LIMITED RUN of spring honey available NOW at Switchback. Grab a jar of some amazing local honey and a cup of delicious tea or kava sweetened with AbAp honey and expertly made by the baristas at Switchback.
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Honey available now at @goswitchback . Get some while you can.
Nothing goes to waste. Even the empty frames are given back to the bees who will pick up every last drop of honey to take back to their hives.
Day 2 off to a great start.
And we're off.... First batch of honey in the extractor.
Working late…
Come meet our queen and try some tasty treats at Cooking Connection this afternoon.
What’s shaking’? This is: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/37NlfR3rt?languageTag=en#/main
Her Royal Highness from today’s swarm entering her new kingdom.
Small harvest of some surplus honey from the brood boxes. Looks to be about 60 pounds. The real harvest is coming soon but it looks like it will be a good one.
Drone brood emerging from their cells.
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