🐝 Ready to dive deep into the world of bees? Our 2025 Urban Beekeeping Academy will give you all the knowledge you need to succeed! 🌱📚
From hive installation 🏠 to honey extraction 🍯, seasonal maintenance 🔧, and winter prep ❄️, you’ll learn it all from our Master Beekeeper and guest mentors. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your skills, we break down complex info so you can focus on learning the essentials for caring for your hive!
Get ready to build confidence and gain hands-on experience—be the first to know when registration opens: astorapiaries.com/pages/academy
📸 by Michael Kaminski
From the Big Apple to the Parthenon! 🍯✈️🌍 Our NYC Raw Honey has made its way to Greece, bringing a sweet taste of New York to one of the world’s most iconic landmarks. 🏛️ Has your honey traveled outside of NYC?
📸 Snap a pic and tag us—we’d love to see where it’s been!
Did you know honey is a sweet powerhouse? 🍯 Unlike white sugar, honey brings more flavor with less, has a lower glycemic index for gentler blood sugar impact, and its loaded with vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that white sugar just can't match. 🌿 Plus, it’s a natural remedy for sore throats, seasonal allergies, and more! Ready to make the switch to something sweeter and healthier? 🌼
Honey harvesting at Astor Apiaries is in full swing, and we couldn’t be prouder of our tiny but mighty pollinators! 🐝 These hardworking bees have been busy all spring and summer, turning millions of blooms—from Linden trees to roses—into the liquid gold we all love. 🍯🌸
Our process? Pure magic. We uncap, spin, strain, and bottle each batch with care, ensuring every drop is as fresh as can bee!
A huge thanks to our '24 Urban Beekeeping Academy Apprentices and Fellows for their incredible help. 🫶🏻 #NationalHoneyMonth
From our hives to your homes, honey’s journey is nothing short of sweet magic! 🐝🍯✨ Happy #NationalHoneyMonth! Did you know this celebration began in 1989 thanks to the National Honey Board? September is all about promoting beekeeping and savoring local honey goodness.
Want to get in on the buzz? Support your local beekeepers, grab 'made-with-honey' treats, and do your part to protect our precious pollinators. Together, we can keep the honey flowing and our ecosystem thriving! 🌼🌍
Our final 'Meet the Bees' Hive Tours of the '24 season are here!
📣 Our final 'Meet the Bees' Hive Tours of the season are here! Join us on September 21st at Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens’s Queens Sky Farm LIC and September 28th at The Green-Wood Cemetery. 🍯✨ Unleash your inner bee enthusiast and get up close with our buzzing bees.
✅ Explore an active hive
✅ See honeycomb and baby bees
✅ Meet the queen herself
You’ll leave with a newfound appreciation for these 🐝❤️ incredible pollinators. Reserve your spot now: astorapiaries.com/pages/events
🎥 by Michael Kaminski
🐝 Always bee mindful of the bees, just like Beekeeping Academy Fellow Michael Kaminski ✨ Very Demure ✨ Very Cutesy ✨
Ever wondered what happens when a new queen hatches? 🐝👑 When a virgin queen emerges from the top of the cell, she’s on a mission to eliminate her rivals, starting with a dramatic chorus of piping and quacking.
🗣️ Piping is the new queen’s way of saying, "I'm here to rule!" She vibrates her wing muscles against the comb, producing high-pitched pulses known as tooting. This tells everyone she’s ready to take charge.
🗣️ Quacking is the reply from queens still in their cells, signaling their presence with lower-pitched sounds. If two queens emerge at once, it’s a fight to the death—only one will rule the hive.
This fascinating behavior highlights the incredible communication and social structure of honeybees. So, when you hear those quacks and pipes, remember: it’s not just noise—it’s the sound of a royal rumble!
🌸🐝 Ever wondered how bees collect pollen and help our plants thrive? They scout for vibrant, fragrant flowers, using their front legs and saliva to gather pollen, which then sticks to their hind leg hairs. They transport this precious pollen back to the hive, mixing it with nectar to create "bee bread"—a vital food source for the colony. 🌼🍯This amazing process not only sustains bees but also fertilizes plants, keeping our ecosystem buzzing!
Happy #NationalHoneyBeeDay!! 🐝🐝
🐝 As we celebrate today honey bees, we also recognize their contribution to our everyday lives and our ecosystem 🌎—they are responsible for more than 1/3 of the food we eat so it’s vital to continue to protect this critical species for future generations.
🐝 We want to thank our fellow beekeepers—whose hard work ensures we have healthy bees to pollinate crops.
#CatchTheBuzz: Bees are the masters of summer cooling! 🐝💨 When the hive heats up, they form mini ventilation teams, fanning their wings to draw out the hot air and pull in cooler breezes. Nature's AC in action!
🧼🐝 Have you ever wondered how honeybees stay so clean? #CatchTheBuzz Fact: Honeybees are excellent at grooming! They use their legs to clean dirt, parasites, and fungi from their bodies, including special antennae cleaners essential for communication and picking up sounds. Plus, bees often help each other stay clean, boosting colony health.
