Homer Girls Honey

02/21/2024

Now taking reservation for spring honey bee packages!

09/05/2023

There’s still time.

09/03/2023

03/04/2023

She has an interesting perspective to native bees.

02/23/2023

Have you heard that Homer Area Beekeepers Association is offering three beekeeping mini-classes over the next three months. HABA members can take these classes at no cost. For non-members, the cost is $45 for all three sessions. HABA membership is open for all at a cost of $20 annually.

The first beekeeping class will take place from 3-5pm on Saturday, February 25th at the Homer United Methodist Church atrium.

We will be discussing the following:

● Where to buy honeybee packages and equipment. Pro/Cons of wooden ware/ polystyrene hives, and frames with foundation vs. foundationless frames.
● What types of bees we get in Alaska and their distinctive behavior.
● How to hive a package of bees. (This will repeat in April)
● What to do after you hive the bees. How and when to check on your queen.
● Anatomy of worker bees and queens.
● Feeders and sugar syrup.

Question and Answers

March 18th at 2pm:
● Safety for beekeepers.
● How to run a double queen hive
● Locating the best place for your hive
● Bear fences
● Finding your queen
● Hive checks

April 15th at 2 pm:
● Hiving your bees
● Pollen patties
● Feeding
● Swarms and swarm behavior
● Bee yard efficiency

Check HABA’s page for more information on upcoming events.

11/08/2022

How do you know if your hive is Queenless?
Join in the conversation this Thursday at the Homer Library 6 pm.

08/31/2022

My honey is available at Coles Market & Wagon Wheel!

08/26/2022

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08/20/2022

“The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.”
— Elizabeth Lawrence

05/01/2022

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04/03/2022

Hello followers. I have't posted on this site for sometime as I now am promoting Homer Area Beekeepers Association (HABA). Follow me on this HABA page! Same great informtaion

06/12/2021

Bees need a source of water to stay healthy and safe. Not only do they drink the water, but they also use it for air conditioning. On hot days, bees will spread a thin film of water over the baby bee cells. The water evaporates, cooling the hive.

05/22/2021

I agreed.

✨🌎 Happy World Bee Day 🌍✨

Here are a few ways you can love your bees 🐝

🍯 Vote with your fork: You have a chance to make the world a better place for bees (and yourself) every time you eat. Support a local, thriving food system by supporting your small, people run farms and co-ops that farm with, not against nature, not against (if a farmer pours chemicals all over the landscape to control it, that’s not farming with nature).

🍯 Vote with your vote: Support good policy. Read beyond the headlines and go to draft language at your local, state, or the national level, and support policies that will help bees by sending letters and making phone calls to your lawmakers. They want to hear from you!

🍯 Don’t be afraid: Bees only eat nectar and pollen, and they are not interested in fried chicken or BBQ sauce. Some solitary bees like male wool carder bees and carpenter bees are territorial and can be aggressive, but no male bees have stingers!! Just let them go about their business, pollinating flowers, and watch where you step when you’re barefoot in the yard. As Sue Monk Kidd tells us in The Secret Life of Bees, “Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.”

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for more 🐝✨🌍

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04/01/2021

Beautiful egg!

A Faberge egg fit for a queen (bee)!

03/23/2021

Yum!

03/12/2021

Check this out beekeepers.

What Does The New Ruling On Oxalic Acid In Honey Mean? March 10, 2021March 12, 2021 by Meghan Milbrath Photo credit: Dan Wyns Guest Blogger and Collaborator: Dr. Meghan Milbrath, Michigan State University On February 23, 2021, the FDA finalized a ruling that establishes an exemption from the require...