Five Reasons You Need a Beepods Membership

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November 30, 2019

Five Reasons You Need a Beepods Membership

  At Beepods we want our customers to BEE successful. As a new beekeeper, you have much to learn and the bees can’t always wait for you to figure it out. Fortunately, we offer a Beepods membership so that you can continue to receive support even beyond your first year.   […]
November 17, 2019

Should You Add Bees or Chickens to Your Outdoor Classroom?

                  As you look to develop your school’s outdoor classroom, you may be asking that difficult question: bees or chickens? Here’s a scorecard to help you make that decision.  Rules There may be city and county ordinances for both chickens and honeybees. […]
November 15, 2019

Mad Honey: A Retelling of Vice’s Video on Nepalese Honey

Vice covers edgy topics and dives deep into the underbelly of some of the most fascinating and terrifying facets of human existence. Their video, “The Nepalese Honey That Makes People Hallucinate” is indeed fascinating, with the typical vivid imagery accompanying an intriguing story about people half a world away and […]
October 28, 2019

Selling Honey at School

Honeycomb from a Beepods hive. Once your Beepods hive is active and established, it’s time to think about selling honey. While you probably won’t harvest much honey the first year, you can expect 60-100 pounds a year after that. Here’s what you need to know to get started selling honey […]
October 24, 2019

Let’s Dispel Those Misconceptions About Bees

While developing a fear of bees is understandable, especially if you have a bee allergy or vividly remember your first bee sting, there are many misconceptions about bees that keep people from understanding these amazing insects. When people don’t understand bees, they are less willing to support bees. It’s common […]