Category: Honeybee Sanctuary

Our ForestBeehive lakeside apiary is a veritable HoneyBee Sanctuary: isolated unpolluted land with no agrochemicals for miles, plenty of natural Spring-to-Fall foraging resources for the honeybees, so there’s no need for us to artificially supplement the bees’ diet with sugar or corn syrup as commonly practiced in conventional beekeeping.

Raising Good Bees in Horizontal Hives. Swarm Traps, Queens & VSH Genetics

Raising Good Bees in Horizontal Hives At ForestBeehive apiary we are miles away from industrial & agricultural pollution, we have sufficient Spring-to-Fall foraging resources for our bees and we don’t use any supplemental sugar feedings. We also don’t use any human engineered chemical treatments or even organic pest control substances in and around our beehives.  […]

Spring, Bees and Lucy the Beekeeper

Spring, Bees and Lucy the Beekeeper Easy Beekeeping in Horizontal Hives. 1st Spring Inspection. Today we’ll talk about our Spring inspection and feeding the bees in case their honey stores are low but first, just a brief note What Natural Beekeeping IS and What it IS NOT.   Natural Beekeeping IS just Beekeeping WITHOUT ANY UNNATURAL chemical […]

Honeybee Sanctuary or Why Honeybees’ Lifespans are now 50% shorter than in 1970s

Forest Beehive Apiary – a Honeybee Sanctuary  Natural and Regenerative Beekeeping Forest Beehive apiary is located on the left side of this secluded forest lake. On the right side of the lake there’s a state owned land – a 3,000 acre wildlife sanctuary.  ForestBeehive apiary on the left side of the lake is a veritable […]

Treating Bees Like Royalty

Treating Bees Like Royalty Dec 15, 2022  In this video we show how we treat our bees like royalty both in summertime & wintertime.  Our horizontal hives are build like castles with their insulated double walls and metal roofs.  In summertime horizontal hives give plenty of space to the bees and can be managed with […]