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By Phoenixville Honey 12 December 2018 20 May 2019

Look for our honey in the summer of 2019!

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June market dates!

June market dates!

May and early June market dates! Can't wait to be

May and early June market dates! Can't wait to bee back - I've missed you all! 🐝💛

Tall Hive Season is upon us! This apiary is prett

Tall Hive Season is upon us!

This apiary is pretty far ahead of the others, and is doing SO well that one hive is already at full height (your beekeeper is only a hive stand, two deeps, and four mediums tall). The honeysuckle just started blooming this week which means we should see a great nectar flow today and tomorrow. The extra boxes help hold the raw nectar they bring in from flowers while they evaporate it from 80% moisture in the raw nectar down to around 16% moisture for honey. The dry (30% humidity!) and sunny days today and tomorrow will help them really crank the air flow and get us (hopefully) ahead of schedule.

Theoretically, we should have the first honey batch by mid May if the weather holds and we get a week of sunshine during black locust bloom. Fingers crossed that the weather cooperates over the next month!

Queen spotting! Did you find her? Answer in the

Queen spotting! Did you find her? Answer in the 2nd slide. Remember, queens are larger and longer than worker bees.
#honeybees #queenspotting

2025 in numbers. First of all, 393 jar returns is

2025 in numbers.

First of all, 393 jar returns is a new record, and you deserve a parade for dutifully bringing your empties back week after week! That's just over 32 boxes of jars! You beat last year's record by miles.

Honey production was really really low this year (less than half of the 2023 season) mostly due to the weather being against us at every turn. The bees were healthy though, and even if I got less honey off the hives, they seemed to be in good shape and temperament most of the season. Even if there was less, it was honestly some of the most delicious honey I've ever pulled off the hives.

No beekeeping season is ever Instagram-perfect, so I added in some of the lowlights in the recap this year too. Most of the season was spent just physically surviving till the finish line when I finally have down time to recover from .. everything. And let's bee honest, tennis elbow should just be called beekeeper's elbow from now on.

It might have been a crummy year for honey production but an incredible year for community. I know I've said it multiple times this year, but the sense of community this year has been tremendous. I've gotten to hear about your vacations, pet your dogs, exchange book and recipe recommendations, talk bee nerd, share in your joys and heartbreaks, and it's not just selling honey, it's that you all (shoppers, fellow vendors, market management) get together every week to make this thing more than a market. The end of 2025 has turned out far better than the beginning, and it's all because of this community. 💛 Here's to a 2026 that's even sweeter!

December Markets! Dec 10 Sip & Shop rescheduled t

December Markets! Dec 10 Sip & Shop rescheduled to the 17th!

Subject to weather and inventory. With the low honey yield this year and how you all have been showing up to farmers markets (you're all rockstars and I cannot thank you enough for supporting me and the bees 💛), there's a fair chance I might run out of honey by the end of the month. I still have honey sampler boxes on hand and will bring a limited amount to each market, so be sure to shop early!

End of the season. Winter screened covers are on

End of the season. Winter screened covers are on and loaded with candy sugar and an insulation board on top. The bees have been fed sugar syrup and treated for mites. I'll still visit once a month and top up the candy sugar, but both the bees and I are settling in for a nice winter rest.

This year was a challenge! Not a great year for honey yield - rainy all May and June, wild storms in July, then it stopped raining and got blazingly hot through October. I'm probably about 25-30% less honey than last year, and less than half of 2023’s bumper year. But, I can only take what nature gives me, and every year is a new year. And while there's less honey this year, there's been so much more community - you've been showing up to farmers markets, events, festivals.. I get to hear about how you enjoy honey with your tea or coffee, bee book recommendations, recipe ideas, knee-slapper jokes, stories about your travels, celebrations, and my goodness it's been tremendous. My heart is just so full and I'm so grateful for you all. 💛

Just a few markets left for the year, so I hope to see you all before the end of 2025!

Pollen pants! I'm still seeing a fair bit of poll

Pollen pants!

I'm still seeing a fair bit of pollen coming into the hives - some really beautiful oranges and yellows. Likely culprits are asters and dandelions (I saw a few dandelions still hanging on at Reservoir Park recently), and I even saw a house with lavender having another run at blooming! This is probably the last weekend for all of those plants as we slide into much cooler weather next week - well, allegedly anyway - so get it while you can girls.

Also popping a thank you in here for everyone who came to Good Food Fest last weekend. My heart is still so full, and every year it brings a sense of purpose and validation that makes all the hard work worth it for us in small, local business and agriculture. Youse guys get it, you show up, are SO excited to be there, become a part of this fantastic local community, and it's just tremendous. 💛💛💛

#beekeeping #pollenpants

✨ Good Food Fest ✨ TOMORROW!! We can't wait to see

✨ Good Food Fest ✨
TOMORROW!! We can't wait to see you all at the most epic farmers market of the year! For me, this is a celebration of a whole season of beekeeping, and we get to invite you all to be a part of the party. See you at the Kimberton Fairgrounds, Sunday, November 2nd from 11a-4p.
#goodfoodfest
@goodfarmsgoodfood @kimbertonwholefoods @growingrootsfarmersmarkets

31 Days of Bees - Day 31: Something spooky, scary,

31 Days of Bees - Day 31: Something spooky, scary, creepy, or gross
It's not uncommon to find spiders hanging out under a beehive roof. Usually they're these little jumping spiders which I think are actually pretty cute!
#31DOB25

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