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We know how important it is to raise awareness through personal connections with each other and bees. Beekeeping is about more than just honey and we want to get Sacramento engaged by providing bee and pollinator focused experiences in urban backyards, small farms, community gardens and at local businesses. We provide educational services and help people experience the wonder of bees firsthand, encouraging discussions within neighborhoods about bees and beekeeping.
05/12/2023
My app tells me I get excited to find these butterflies the same week every year and they are just as beautiful every time!
05/07/2023
What bees or other pollinators are you finding in your gardens or on walks this time of year?
03/25/2023
Anyone else doing some spring planting today? Try borage for an edible pollinator friendly addition to your yard or garden 🐝
03/06/2023
Can you spot the queen? Just kidding 🤣 Come hang out with us at. Hive to Spoon Experience to see a queen bee up close! 🎟️ at hivetospoon.com
10/07/2022
Field trip! 1st graders this week catching and observing pollinators! Fiery skippers at are a favorite right now.
10/07/2022
Day 6 - Favorite Bee Books 📚
10/05/2022
Day 5 - I wish I had known….that beekeeping is an art and a science. I wish I had realized that all of the advice and usually well intentioned opinions thrown at me as a beekeeper starting out (and even now!) might be true today and false tomorrow or just not right for me.
Beekeeping techniques change with the seasons, geographic area, purpose of keeping bees, the surrounding environment and a whole lot of things outside of our control.
How and why a person is a beekeeper can be deeply individual to that person or company. I have found that the most experienced beekeepers I know are open to changing based on the needs of the bees and continue learning and trying new things. Letting go of trying to follow the rules or checking the textbook and instead using what you know in combination with listening, watching, relying on the science and taking field notes over many years with the bees is a lot more interesting.
10/04/2022
Day 4 is Rookie Mistake. I’ll set the scene for you. I caught a swarm the night before in my little nuc box and plugged them closed for the night. First thing the next morning, I loaded up my Pontiac Vibe hatchback with a hive stand, a deep box, 10 frames of drawn comb several of which had honey, nectar and pollen on them and anything else I could shove onto the folded down backseats to take it to my apiary.
I opened up the back hatch and all of the car doors and tried to rush to yank out the giant stand sandwiched in the back, get the equipment set up and get the bees settled in their new home before the sun was fully up.
Before I knew it the bees from the other hives already at that apiary had FILLED the inside of my car! All over the drawn comb, all over the honey that had thawed and dripped everywhere and on everything else that they could clean inside my sticky bee mobile.
I got as many bees as I could out and drove all the way home with my bee suit fully zipped and all my windows down trying to just survive.
10/02/2022
My apiary 🐝 at
10/02/2022
Excited to to participate in 31 days of bees! Day 1 is Who Are You? Good question! I’m a mama, a teacher, a cat person and a bug person and an advocate of native pollinators and honey bees. I work and play outside 24/7! I take my cues from nature as much as I can and I’m passionate about altruism and connectivity with humans and our surroundings
09/29/2022
Year 2 mentoring Suisun Valley 4-H and helping with their beekeeping project. So proud of them for studying in year 1 to prepare and build their skills and having some good looking colonies in year 2 going into fall! 🐝 Thanks to for donating packages!
09/27/2022
It’s field trip season! We are learning about native pollinators and honey bees. We engineered some native bee housing and learned how managed honey bees and native pollinators work together to keep food in our grocery stores and beautiful flowers blooming all around us. Oh, and goats and pigs and ducks and fall crops and planting seeds happened too
08/28/2022
Join us for a Beginner Beekeeping Class on Saturday, Sept 24. Link to register in bio 🐝
08/27/2022
Fall Plant Sale and Gardening Clinic
Saturday, August 27 • 8am to 1pm
Free classes
Class Schedule
🥕8:00–8:45am Preparing a Fall Garden with Shawn Harrison
💦9:00–9:45am Drip Irrigation for the Home or School Garden
🐝9:00–9:45am Master Beekeeper Q&A with Rachel Morrison, The Beecharmers
🐦10:00–10:45am Attracting Birds and Beneficials to Your Backyard with Cliff Hawley
🌱10:00–10:45am Preparing a Fall Garden with Shawn Harrison
🥬11:00–11:45am Growing Greens
🐝12:00–12:45pm Master Beekeeper Q&A with Rachel Morrison, The Beecharmers
08/19/2022
Ready for a weekend adventure with pollinators?! We have 4 spots left for tomorrows Hive to Spoon Experience at 9am at The Cannery Urban Farm in Davis.
🐝 Tickets here:
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/thebeecharmers/items/349548/calendar/2022/08/?flow=672636&full-items=yes
07/28/2022
Bumble bees pollinate so many of our native flowers! Plus tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. I love seeing them in my garden. Most are ground nesting so leave things messy in your yard to see more of them.
07/24/2022
Beautiful day for a Sunday Experience!
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/thebeecharmers/items/349548/calendar/2022/08/?flow=672636&full-items=yes to join us next weekend!
07/17/2022
Hive to Spoon 🐝 Sunday Funday! We have just a few more dates for the 2022 season. Check it out soon! www.hivetospoon.com for tickets
06/17/2022
🐝🐝Find out what all the BUZZ is about this Saturday!
🐝Urban Backyard Beekeeping for Beginners🐝
This Saturday-June 18
9:00am - 11:30am
This class focuses on natural beekeeping practices in an urban setting and strategies to keep bees healthy. Learn practical skills you will need to prepare your own backyard beehive and discuss bee biology, beekeeping equipment, maintenance and basic troubleshooting.
Instructor: Rachel Morrison, The Beecharmers
Price: $30
https://soilborn.org/events/backyard-beekeeping_061822/
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06/14/2022
Still have seats available for the Beginner Beekeeping class this weekend!
https://soilborn.org/events/backyard-beekeeping_061822/
06/13/2022
The Hive to Spoon Experience is a unique and exciting date day! Book now, tours end in August 🐝
06/10/2022
Learning about the honey bee hives at the UV Residential Alhambra at Mace Ranch community. Meet your beekeeper garden party! 🐝
05/21/2022
Anyone else get this excited about catch and release pollinator hunts? This group was stoked to finally catch and observe a carpenter bee. Don’t worry, she was released back to the sage flowers after a short photoshoot 📸 🐝
05/12/2022
Beekeepers ready to dive into the hives 😎 River City High School Animal Science class visited the hives at Fiery Ginger Farm today!
04/02/2022
I had a great time with today for their Hive-to-Spoon Experience! Looking forward to supporting future events and teach more people about bees!
04/02/2022
Come see us at Nature Day at The HIVE in Woodland today. We are talking bees and showing off an observation hive.
03/27/2022
The community hives at in Davis have a beautiful variety of pollen coming in!
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#31daysofbees Day 6 - Favorite Bee Books 📚
#31daysofbees Day 4 is Rookie Mistake. I’ll set the scene for you. I caught a swarm the night before in my little nuc box and plugged them closed for the night. First thing the next morning, I loaded up my Pontiac Vibe hatchback with a hive stand, a deep box, 10 frames of drawn comb several of which had honey, nectar and pollen on them and anything else I could shove onto the folded down backseats to take it to my apiary. I opened up the back hatch and all of the car doors and tried to rush to yank out the giant stand sandwiched in the back, get the equipment set up and get the bees settled in their new home before the sun was fully up. Before I knew it the bees from the other hives already at that apiary had FILLED the inside of my car! All over the drawn comb, all over the honey that had thawed and dripped everywhere and on everything else that they could clean inside my sticky bee mobile. I got as many bees as I could out and drove all the way home with my bee suit fully zipped and all my windows down trying to just survive.
My apiary 🐝 at @fierygingerfarm #31daysofbees
Join us for a Beginner Beekeeping Class on Saturday, Sept 24. Link to register in bio 🐝
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with The Beecharmers and Sola Bee Farms! Sunday, February 13 at The Cannery Urban Farm! 💛 Honey varietal tasting, sweet activities and treats to share and a live honey bee demonstration hive. Bring your love, a friend or book a group! https://linktr.ee/the_beecharmers?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=37cdb010-fe49-40c9-96f9-d3b62dbcfadd
Registration is open!🐝 Backyard Beekeeping Basics class on Saturday, April 9. https://linktr.ee/the_beecharmers
Big news! I’m doing my own waggle/happy dance! The Beecharmers is partnering with @spork.food.hub @fierygingerfarm @solabeehoney @leafandlarkfarm and the Bike Campaign to make @livecannerydavis in Davis a more permanent home for our educational programs and hive tours!! I have been teaching there and loving this unique space since 2017 thanks to @marycarsonkimball and finally have the ability to truly branch out there. This is a huge opportunity to create and delivery bee, pollinator, agricultural and terroir related events and opportunities for our community. What types of classes, events, hands on experiences or opportunities would YOU like to see in this reimagined space?! Let me know! DM me or use the link in bio to connect via email or (omg) call me. I want to hear your ideas and collaborate!
Waggle dance time! These scout bees are telling the swarming colony how to find the best new home. They picked a lovely hole in the top of an oak tree. Field trip dance parties at @fierygingerfarm are always buzzing!!
Yay for summer!! 🌻 SacTown Bites Sunflowers, Bees & Brunch event today partnered with Sola Bee Farms Check out www.hivetospoon.com for more partner events, upcoming classes like Beginner Beekeeping 102 this Saturday (sign up is open!) and Hive to Spoon Farm Tours and Honey Tastings most weekends now through September 🐝☀️🕶
The retinue or circle of royal attendants form around the queen as she moves through the hive laying eggs. The worker bees help keep her fed, groomed and protected. They are also spreading her smell throughout the colony letting all of the workers know she’s still there and still productive. What happens when her pheromone is weak because she’s becoming less fertile, is damaged or unable to keep laying thousands of eggs a day? She gets replaced! It’s for the greater good of the colony 👑
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