Lily Bee Apiaries

06/09/2026

🐝 🐝 The bees have such an pretty view. Stacking on honey supers and fingers crossed 🤞 they are collecting that honey 🍯 🌼 🌺 🌹 🐝 🐝

05/25/2026

🐝 🐝 Few weeks ago I split several of my hives and one of them ended up with no queen. So what I did is took a queen from a small hive. I put this new queen in a cage to protect her from the new hive until they get used to her. It’s pretty fascinating watching a queen-less hive greet the new queen and swarm the cage. In a few days I will let her go in the hive and she will be the new queen. Also don’t worry about the small hive it will take about 16 days and they will make a new queen🐝 🐝

05/03/2026

Out checking hives and putting honey supers on. Blackberries are just now starting to bloom. Let the honey flow 🍯

04/14/2026

While spring is here I have to check the hives often for a “swarm cell”. Today I had two hives that needed to be split instead of them swarming. Here is a little time lapse of me splitting one hive and making a small hive and a 2nd big hive. Turned one into three hives today.

03/31/2026

Friends and family! It’s that time of year again! If you or if you know anyone who has a swarm feel free to reach out I would love to help. That even goes for bee removal. Remember swarms are a positive thing as the hive is growing and they need a new home. Great news I have homes for them and they will be well taken care of. 🐝 🐝 🍯 🍯 🌼 🌼 save the bees!!!!

12/22/2025

Forged N Found Check out this old Smoker!! Thank you for the little surprise!

10/14/2025

06/03/2025

Was out checking beehives and got a couple cool pictures. The picture on the left is called capped brood aka new workers about to be born. So this hive is about to get really big. And the photo on the right is a picture of this hives queen. Fun fact, she can lay up to 3,000 eggs a day!!! 🐝 🐝

05/23/2025

Today I got a call from Quinn's Well and Pump Service they had a beehive inside a pump house. Took me about 45 minutes and I got mose the bees in their new home and great news I found the queen! Save the bees!!! 🐝 🐝

05/23/2025

🐝🐝🐝Whenever I am checking my beehives I always scrape off extra wax that is not on the frames and I melt it down. I will melt this down and use a small paint roller to add extra wax on new frames. 🐝 🐝 🐝