Eversweet Apiaries has been providing raw honey, beekeeping supplies, and bee education since 2002. We want you to be happy and successful beekeepers!
Eversweet celebrates over 20 years of providing raw honey, beekeeping supplies, and bee education! Since 2002, we have been serving West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania beekeepers, honey patrons, and educating about honeybees! Eversweet Apiaries is the area leader in honeybee education and is backed by our 20+ years of beekeeping experience. We are the oldest and most
trusted and knowledgable beekeeping source in the area. We manufacture our own woodenware and sell all beekeeping related products. We also sell Italian, Carniolan, and Hybrid queens from Forbis Apiairies & Queen Bees. Our queen shipments arrive every week from Apr. - Sept. In addition, we frequently offer free beekeeping workshops, seminars, and field days. Please visit our website and page for more info about these events. We're also available to present to your club or organization. Contact us for more info! We LOVE to talk about bees! Feel free to call or email us or stop by our shop. We're open Saturdays 10AM-2PM & all other days by appointment. Our honey lobby is open 24/7! We are located at 85 Everhart Drive, Kearneysville, WV - (256) YES-BEES. Mailing address: P.O. Box 503, Kearneysville, WV 25430
So happy & proud of this group! I've given them the educational tools but they've taken charge & put the work in! Way to go FWBVA beekeepers! 🐝
Congratulations to FWBVA veteran beekeeper, Shawn Thomas, for winning two first place ribbons in the Jefferson County Fair for honey! Shawn and other FWBVA veteran beekeepers have progressed exceptionally well with beekeeping & are enjoying their successes, in particular honey harvests! FWBVA is so proud of their hard work & success! 🐝🍯
If you missed our Colony Fall Prepping Class, it's available on our website! https://www.eversweetapiaries.com/courses/online-fall-prepping-class/
And check out our other self-paced classes!🐝
Eversweet will be presenting "Mite Management" on Mon. 8/5 at 7PM to the Beekeepers Association ! Location: Purcellville Library, 220 E Main St, Purcellville, VA 20132. Join us to learn how to get mites under control for colony health & overwinter success! 🐝
⛱🌞SUMMER SALE!🌞⛱
25% OFF! Unassembled, assembled, boxes, bottoms, & MORE!
Online Only! https://www.eversweetapiaries.com/
While supplies last!
Sorry no shipping... pickup only!
Sale ends 08/15/2024
For insurance & liability reasons, minors must be attended/supervised/accompanied by adults while in/on our honey lobby, shop, & premises. Thank you!
It's that time of year again! These traps really work to catch all the bad guys that eat honey bees... wasps, hornets, yellow-jackets... and will catch SHB's & wax moths as well!!!
Make & hang these traps around your apiary to help your bees! European hornets, wasps, & yellow jackets eat honeybee larvae. They are predatory, carnivorous critters […]
Latest News: 🐝 Fall Colony Prep Class, Jul.- Aug. Beekeeping Tasks, etc. - https://mailchi.mp/4b5f838b3079/latest-news-apr2024-17855062
We're super excited to be on this nominee list for best honey! Love our honey? Vote for us! Thank you! 🥰🐝🍯
Nominate your favorites July 19 to August 1, and then vote on the finalists from September 25 to October 15. You can nominate and vote once per day per category. Only the top nominations in each category will move on to the final voting round, so nominate daily to make sure your favorites advance.
The girls are washboarding!
WANTED: Spotted Lanternflies
If you spot it, squash it!
Spotted lanternflies (SLF) are invasive planthopper insects. They feed on the sap of a wide variety of plants including grapes, hardwood trees, and stone fruits.
When they feed they weaken the plant and secrete a sticky fluid called honeydew. Honeydew invites mold growth which can further damage plants.
How to find them: SLF gather in large numbers when feeding, often on the trunks of a plant.
Appearance: Nymphs, baby SLF, are black with white spots and turn red as they age.
Adults are about 1-inch long and 1/2-inch wide with a yellow and black abdomen. The forewings are brown with black spots with a speckled band at the rear. The hind wings are bright red with black spots and have white and black bars at the rear.
Newly laid egg masses resemble cracked brown mud. Look for them on a variety of smooth surfaces such as trees, bricks, stones, fences, grills, and vehicles. Eggs can be found in the fall, winter, and spring season. Nymphs are found in spring and early summer, and adults in the summer and fall seasons.
Odor: As the sticky excretions ferment, it can develop an intense, rotten smell.
Spread: SLF mainly move by hopping and short-distance flight.
They can't travel far by themselves, so they rely on human interaction to spread to new areas. SLF use humans to hitchhike along rails and highways. They also use the movement of cargo containers and wood products to travel.
Watch out for SLF in the park and in your neighborhoods. If you spot one, feel free to channel your anger on this invasive pest!
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Tan wanted poster containing 3 images of spotted lanternflies with text stating: Wanted, Squooshed or Smooshed, Super invasive! Reward: A crisp high five.
Think this nuc needs a bigger home!
There was a video malfunction & I’m not able to catch the scumbag that stole $200 worth of honey from me… this time. But honestly, lately/anymore I just feel like throwing in the towel. I’m such a small business with a super slim profit margin (that basically goes to paying the bills) that this loss/theft hurts me extremely badly. Like other small business owners, I’m constantly juggling & struggling to make ends meet. I never get to take vacations. All the money I make goes back into the business & bees. I’m just so tired of all this. Then to add in the death of my brother yesterday… I just feel like I can’t keep all this up mentally, physically, & financially.
So someone wants to ruin the honor system at Eversweet. Someone passed fake money & took $200 worth of honey. I'll be reviewing the surveillance tapes. If it was an honest mistake, they better correct the situation before I send the video to the police.
I love sharing the left over comb honey bits to the girls! After all, it was theirs to begin with!! 🥰🐝🍯
We will be closed Saturday (6/8) to attend our daughter's college graduation ceremony!! Congrats Jada!!! 🎉🎓
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Today is build day! Making loads of stuff... frames, boxes, roofs... all hand crafted with care! 🔨🪚🥰🐝
Just received another shipment of queens from Forbis Apiaries & Queen Bees! These ladies are gorgeous! Get them while they last! 🥰🐝Online ordering available (pickup only): https://www.eversweetapiaries.com/products/queens/
We’re excited to announce our new queen supplier, Forbis Apiaries & Queen Bees (FAQ Bees)! FAQ Bees is a small yet highly experienced & seasoned California queen breeder who focuses on quality and not quantity. They take their time to ensure their queens produce superior honey bee traits! Forbis gained most of their experience working on the Big Island of Hawaii producing the gorgeous Carniolans we all know & love! We’re thrilled to form this new relationship with Forbis & look forward to using and selling their awesome queens! For more info about Forbis Apiaries & Queen Bees visit their website, https://www.faqbees.com/, & be sure to follow their page at https://www.facebook.com/faqbees! 🐝🥰
Dad's persistent irises! They are over 20 years old! 🥰
Tulip poplar is blooming & as usual, it's raining! ☹️
We will be closed tomorrow to attend our son's college graduation ceremony!! Congrats Jordan!!! 🎉🎓👨🎓
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Last Monday marked another package bee delivery/pickup for the books! The packages arrived nice & healthy! Hope everyone has a great bee season! 🍯🥰🐝
Roofs now made using sheet metal screws! Staples didn't work well attaching the metal. Roofing nails were OK. But sheet metal screws are the best yet! We're always looking for ways to improve the quality of our products! 🥰🐝
Join us tonight at the WV Eastern Panhandle BeeKeepers Association meeting (7PM - 330 Hospice Ln, Kearneysville, WV) for our presentation on Swarm Management! We'll discuss how to prevent/control swarming so you can hopefully keep your girls AND get honey this season!! 🐝🍯🥰
I had a lot fun at West Virginia Beekeepers Association's 2024 Spring Conference & Honey Show! I saw a lot of old friends & met some new ones. My presentation went well. And I won some ribbons! The Welsh Standard of judging entries was used by the American Honey Show Training Council & the criteria is strict (as it should be)! Oh I got some goodies... a gorgeous mug, tasty creamed honey (thanks Gerrie!)... and my favorite... a 3D printed varroa mite from Aperture Apiary! A great day was had by all! Thanks West Virginia Beekeepers Association, WV Eastern Panhandle BeeKeepers Association, & all the volunteers for putting on this fun event! 🐝🥰
We’ll be closed next Saturday (4/6) to attend the West Virginia Beekeepers Association Conference. I’m very excited to listen to other presenters & I’ll be speaking as well! I’ll be presenting “Mite Management: We’re We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, & Where We’re Going Wrong” at 1:45. Come check it out! For more info, visit: https://www.wvbeekeepers.org/conference
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The girls are washboarding!
I love sharing the left over comb honey bits to the girls! After all, it was theirs to begin with!! 🥰🐝🍯
Arrived at the shop today & was greeted with this. I was like "what in the world went down here!” Watched the surveillance cameras & it happened this morning from the weight of the snow. Sad and crazy. Dad planted these trees. 😢
Enjoyed the beautiful weather with the girls today! They're looking good! Fingers crossed... we're not out of the woods yet! 🤞🐝
We’re super excited to be participating in The WV Honey Trail!🍯 Come visit us to learn more about honey, honey bees, and beekeeping! 🐝 And of course browse our fantastic honey and bee products! To learn more about The WV Honey Trail visit https://www.visitmountaineercountry.com/west-virginia-honey-trail/ #WVHoneyTrail
Floor dust sucker! The kid in me loves this!
I almost forgot to share the best part! Liquid gold! So satisfying! Thank you bees!🐝🍯🥰
Ugh my honey extractor sounds like the shower scene from Psycho or crickets LOL! 🔪🛁🦗
They've found the door! It took them a little bit & they needed some help with well placed lights ("come to the light") but now they're off & running! #indoorobservationhive3.0
Finally finished my flip top miter saw bench! Getting the bee woodshop in order! Now to work on the dust collecting system!
Busy bees even when it rains!!🐝
Honeybee queens piping! They're singing for their food! 🐝🎶
Having fun testing the laser engraver out! Still working out the kinks & setup. Stay tuned for custom engraving pricing for frames & hive boxes!
The girls were loving the weather today! Most colonies look great! Will be reloading winter feed & pollen subs next week & giving a dose of oxalic acid. We're far from out of the woods yet! 🐝🤞
The Bee Signal! 🐝
Happy bees!
Busy bees today collecting nectar & pollen! 🐝🍯
Just installed our info TV in the honey lobby! Item # 2,581 off the To-Do List… been wanting to do this for years! Now you can see all Eversweet’s newest events & info while browsing our honey selection! PLUS… local businesses can advertise here! Eversweet gets tons of foot traffic… get noticed! Contact us for details! 🥰
Observation hive is distracting me from work! 😄 But I guess watching them is part of my work! 🥰 Curious to see bees like to still beard when they have about 8 ft of pipe from their entrance to the hive & the hive is indoors & room temp is 70 degrees. Guess they just like hangin on the porch!🐝
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Eversweet Apiaries has been providing raw honey, beekeeping supplies, and bee education since 2002. We are the oldest and most trusted supplier in the area & the area leader in honeybee education backed by our 18 years of beekeeping experience. Bee classes and field days are available throughout the year.
We manufacture our own quality woodenware and sell all beekeeping related products. We also sell Hygienic Italian, Carniolan, & Saskatraz queens from Olivarez Honey Bee, Inc. Our queen shipments arrive every Wednesday from Apr. - Sept.
We LOVE to talk about bees! Feel free to call, email us, or stop by our shop at 85 Everhart Drive, Kearneysville, WV. Our hours are Mon. - Fri. 12PM - 5PM and Sat. 10AM - 12PM. See you soon!
