Aunt Bee's Apiary

Aunt Bee's Apiary Local apiary, using sustainable practices. Services include supplies, colony removal/relocation, swarm removals, and hive by products.

07/12/2024

From what I’m seeing is honey flow has really kicked in, will continue over the next couple weeks. If you don’t have room, they’re going to swarm on you. One hive already has 3 supers filled, added a forth today and suspect a fifth one to be on soon. I’m seeing colonies (not mine) with brood frames packed with honey and pollen with no place to store honey or the queen to lay.

Another successful removal. This colony has been here since ‘21 and not a single mite. 24”x 32” stud bay and 3 comb deep...
06/23/2024

Another successful removal. This colony has been here since ‘21 and not a single mite. 24”x 32” stud bay and 3 comb deep the brood on this thing was in credible!

08/13/2023

We get called or recommended for removal of honeybees, many times they aren’t even honeybees but confused with yellow jackets. Recent inquiry about removing a colony from a house. Evidence of a mistaken identity in comments. They are very good at mimicking honeybees, sometimes even fooling beekeepers, sometimes.

Letting the bees work up into a workable environment. Bees by law have to be in an inspectable enclosure, removable fram...
08/08/2023

Letting the bees work up into a workable environment. Bees by law have to be in an inspectable enclosure, removable frames, so to “keep” bees they can’t stay in a log or skep unless it’s able to be disassembled for inspections.

08/08/2023

Log colony removal, pardon my French… 👀🤦‍♂️

Removal in a milk house coming up. It is the land of milk and honey after all. 🥛🍯🐝
08/08/2023

Removal in a milk house coming up. It is the land of milk and honey after all. 🥛🍯🐝

The innards of a bee tree. Pre and post removal.
08/08/2023

The innards of a bee tree. Pre and post removal.

Recent log trap out attempt after finding out it was a super small colony and we thought it was doomed, got into the log...
08/08/2023

Recent log trap out attempt after finding out it was a super small colony and we thought it was doomed, got into the log to find a small and assumably queen less colony, only to find out it killed supercedure cells we installed and now seems queen right. Hope we get them in a box so we can get them strong enough for winter.

08/08/2023

When we get a swarm call or a colony in a tree or other cavity it isn’t always as it looks. Cracked this open only to find out the bees that were there were robbers, possibly the original colony that absconded when the tree fell in a recent storm.

08/08/2023

Walking stick out at an extraction.

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Edgerton, WI
53534

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(608) 884-0233

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