Honeybees have been transforming the love essence of flowers into Honey since flowers began. Honeybees must visit 2 million flowers to produce just one pound of honey. They're quite particular about their sources too. Honeybees actually inform other workers about the exact location of a nectar source through a complex dance that conveys vectors and distances through waggles and patterns.
Beepod Honey is sold in 3 sized jars or in bulk. Our honey is called Seasonal Regional for a reason... Many people are enamored of plant-specific honey... orange blossom, apple blossom, raspberry or almond, clover or buckwheat... but these are indicators of honey thats been produced by commercial migratory pollinator Beekeepers... what we sell is called SEASONAL REGIONAL HONEY and it means the honey is from collecting natural sources from a certain area during a particular season. In other words... BayView Spring, or Tosa Fall or North Shore Summer.
We're taking orders now for Beepods and Bees for next Spring 2013 startups. We have a limited quantity of Beepods able to be produced each season due to the complexity and scheduling with our local manufacturer. Also, Bee package orders are best made sooner than later to insure you get on the list before it becomes a waiting list... yes... beekeeping is so popular and bee die-off so severe that its important to order early.
We're arranging bee classes and tutorials for January and February and are hoping to host a mini conference in Spring to help everyone get started.
What an incredible lecture given to new, old and wannbee keepers by Spikenard Farm's Gunther Hauk. His knowledge of Rudolf Steiner, Biodynamics and levels of clarvoyance proved a unique and amazing path to learning about bees and beekeeping. Rather than starting off with traditional step-by-step history and lessons... he led with a cosmological backdrop to beekeeping that slowly opened the eyes and hearts of everyone in the room.
Thousands of record temperatures were set across the US in 2012... Meanwhile records for rain accumulation showered all of Europe.
It was an interesting years for beekeepers... but then haven't they all been recently? Starting out with 70 degree temps in February, Spring sprang early for much of the US. In fact so early... it beat most of the package bees to our region. That meant several early-bloom fruit trees and plants missed the benefits of the bees this spring... but for the over-wintered bees who had an exceptional spring honey crop.
Spring sprang early this year... in fact many places never really had winter... Our survivor Bees have been actively collecting pollen and nectar since late February. Many trees were in full flowery bloom in Mid March! Dandelions are already appearing.... its gonna be an interesting season.
Bees are not coming for another few weeks but fear not Beepodders, a Top Bar Hive design is less disruptive to the bees making their home... so they'll be able to make up for missing the spring nectar flow.
Next batch of Beepods is due mid-May... reserve yours today!
Our first meeting went very well. We had four people speak for the bees and the Plan Commission had done reseach on laws from Milwaukee and Cedarburg. Though they're not against bees in the city, they're really intent on crafting a good ordinance that can grow to cover local bees as well as Chickens!
We're proud to announce the Beepod2011 model is in production. These tuff economic times struck hard our original manufacturer of the Beepod. They were forced to close shop due in December and the fate of beepods was in jeopardy. We focused on finding another local manufacturing facility. After months of searching, we've teamed up with company out of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Thanks to Theresa Kinney for an excellent story about beepods and milwaukee... take a look here or read on...
Marla Spivak is an entomologist at the University of Minnesota, developing practical applications to protect honey bee populations from decimation by disease while making fundamental contributions to our understanding of bee biology. Spivak’s research focuses on genetically influenced behaviors that confer disease resistance to entire colonies through the social interactions of thousands of workers.
