A New Home Sweet Home

While it may be trendy or popular on social media to see an experienced beekeeper manage a swarm of bees without any beekeeping protective clothing. Protective clothing for beekeepers should be at the top of every beekeeper’s supply list. As a new beekeeper, it can be quite intimidating the first time you open a beehive…

It’s an exciting time of year around Kowalski Apiary, it’s honey time! While Philip’s main goal in beekeeping is to grow honey bees, honey is still a “sweet” perk as a beekeeper. If you have ever looked at regular honey in the store, it can be confusing to figure out what all the terms mean….

We are thrilled to announce that two new Queens have hatched in the Kowalski Apiary! We had two queen-less colonies. The feral hive of bees that we extracted from the Rosin family home (link below). As well as one of our initial hives that we split were both queenless hives. The hives contained Queen cells…