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Geist Valley Bees Geist Valley Bees craft natural raw honey from flower blossoms surrounding Geist Reservoir and around central Indiana.

GVB honey is harvested in small batches resulting in unique seasonal honey from Indiana wildflowers & garden blossoms. Please send a message to receive current availability and pricing.

24/07/2026

Beekeeping is always better with a helper!

“Queen Story”There she is! She and her colony had made it through the winter! I couldn’t find her last year but now foun...
17/04/2026

“Queen Story”
There she is! She and her colony had made it through the winter! I couldn’t find her last year but now found her in the top honey super on the first frame that I pulled. I gently trapped her using the marking ring and marked her “blue” since she was born in 2025 (2026 bees will be marked white.) I transferred her to a queen pipe with a few other bees. Set the pipe aside on the ground while I checked out the rest of the hive… then when back to the pipe and she was GONE! The bees had pushed out the foam plug. Oh no! I checked the ground and every frame that I was returning to the hive looking for her. I finally found her on the bottom of the inner cover just before I was going to replace it. Whew! This sweet queen is now back somewhere in the deep bottom boxes and safely under the “queen excluder” grid. That is where she will stay for the rest of the season laying eggs there and not in honey supers. She’s a good queen and I’m glad I didn’t lose her.

Are you interested in local honey?Geist Valley Bee honey is currently available at the Mud Creek Farm Stand https://mudc...
17/04/2026

Are you interested in local honey?
Geist Valley Bee honey is currently available at the Mud Creek Farm Stand https://mudcreek.farm The Mud Creek Farm stand also has great eggs, meat, and seasonal fruits & vegetables!

~9" Fresh Snow. Cold. Nighttime temps below zero next few days. Hang in there bees!
26/01/2026

~9" Fresh Snow. Cold. Nighttime temps below zero next few days. Hang in there bees!

Not too far from the truth today!
26/01/2026

Not too far from the truth today!

Fall beekeeping tasks... checking on the queens and their bee colonies. Hives look strong for over wintering. :)
18/09/2025

Fall beekeeping tasks... checking on the queens and their bee colonies. Hives look strong for over wintering. :)

LOTS going on inside this hive… My favorite queen is doing a great job of laying eggs and there are full frames of br...
26/05/2024

LOTS going on inside this hive…
My favorite queen is doing a great job of laying eggs and there are full frames of brood ready to emerge.
A few workers are making bee-bridges in the gap left from the frame I pulled out. There is speculation that the bees use "bee length" to measure the empty space - perhaps in preparation for comb building.

26/05/2024

Spring beekeeping tasks… looking for the queen… found her!

This GVB honey bee hive is full of chock full of worker bees & drones! They have kicked out the old queen and are raisin...
26/04/2024

This GVB honey bee hive is full of chock full of worker bees & drones! They have kicked out the old queen and are raising a new one. I will check back in a couple weeks to make sure that a new queen has been accepted, had gone on her mating flight, and is laying lots of eggs in her new queendom. There are so many bees in this hive that I have added 5 supers to hold nectar that will be converted to honey. Looks like a good year for bees and honey!

This Pink Lady is a brand new 2023 queen. The beekeeper did a particularly good job of getting a paint spot on her ;) ...
28/05/2023

This Pink Lady is a brand new 2023 queen. The beekeeper did a particularly good job of getting a paint spot on her ;) Other beekeepers will be surprised to see a pink spot because red is the official paint color for 2023. Beekeepers can keep track of the queen's age by the paint color (years ending in 0 or 5 are marked blue; 1 or 6, white; 2 or 7, yellow; 3 or 8, red; 4 or 9, green) But I only had a pink "bee safe" marker and it looks great on her.

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