Discover the Sweet World of Honey with Woodland Bees
Our Bees
At our beekeeping operation, we prioritize environmental responsibility and the health of our bees. We use natural and sustainable practices to ensure we're not just producing high-quality honey, but doing so in a way that is gentle on the planet. Plus, with our bee-oriented approach, you can be sure our bees are happy and healthy.
Bees are the most quintessential example of selfless service for the greater good of their community.
Our Beekeeping Principles
Local Honeybees
We strive to source our bees from local bee breeders, ensuring they are well-adapted. This approach guarantees that our Bees are best suited to thrive in their unique conditions and environment.
Sustainable harvesting
Whereas some beekeepers might take all the honey and substitute it with sugar water to maximize their yield, we only extract the excess honey. This method guarantees that our bees have sufficient honey to support the hive during the cooler months when flowering plants are scarce.
Mindful Hive Placement
Health of local ecosystems is critical to beehive management, as the hive's health depends on it. We carefully consider hive placement to ensure the hives prosperity by positioning hives in areas with ample native food sources.
Our hives are observed regularly to assess health and wellbeeing of the bees
Beehive Facts:
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There are three kinds of bees in a hive: Queen, Worker and Drone.
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Only the Queen in the hive lays eggs. She communicates with her hive with her own special scent called pheromones. The queen will lay around 1,500 eggs per day.
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The worker bees are all female and they do all the work for the hive. Workers perform the following tasks inside the hive as a House Bee: Cleaning, feeding the baby bees, feeding and taking care of the queen, packing pollen and nectar into cells, capping cells, building and repairing honeycombs, fanning to cool the hive and guarding the hive.
Spot the Queen (red dot)