About Me

I love my bees. Honey bees. Queen bees. Workers. Foragers. Drones. Apis Mellifera. I am completely fascinated by the goings-on of the bees. I can sit at the entrance of a hive for ages just watching the bees coming and going, checking out the colours and quantities of pollen in their saddlebags. Spotting a wave of new foragers as they orient themselves to their hive having never been outside before. Or noticing the drones in the afternoon as they return from an unsuccessful mating flight.

From a young age I would collect bees from the inside of a window pane and release them outside. Not really afraid of a sting, even though they blimmen hurt, just inherently knowing that they were not out to get me and had accidentally come inside. Up close and personal they look like a tiny fluffy toy, but full of knowing life and a need to contribute to their colony.

Progress

In 2009 I took this fascination into the field of beekeeping and now study bees more closely, with an emphasis on their biology and life cycle, but with a real sense of animal husbandry through care and a bare hands-on approach to all aspects of my business.

I now provide Queens (cells, virgins, mated) and colonies (nucs and full hives) on a small commercial scale to both hobbyists and commercial keepers throughout the season. I am also DECA approved to do COI inspections, as well as mentoring both new and experienced hobbyists. And, of course, I collect an interesting variety of artisan honey's.