Davvy's Bees

10/18/2025

White hive is definitely more aggressive and thought my arthritis needed attention. Will have some honey from their efforts. Blue hive seems strong. But no extra honey there. Mite treatment done! In another month will wrap them for the bitter winter and tonight I'll add some more hay to the white bee box. Busy morning! .

06/06/2025

With new queens hopefully starting to lay soon it's worth taking the opportunity to mark them. Many use this international year/colour system.

05/26/2025

Bees build new comb using wax that they produce from special glands on their abdomen. Here’s how they do it step by step:

1. Producing Wax

Worker bees aged 12–18 days have wax glands that secrete tiny flakes of wax.
• It takes eating a lot of honey (about 8 kg of honey to make 1 kg of wax).
• The wax appears as small white scales on the underside of their abdomen.

2. Shaping the Wax

Bees use their legs and mandibles (jaws) to:
• Pick up wax scales.
• Chew and soften them with saliva.
• Shape the wax into hexagonal cells.

3. Creating the Comb Structure

They cluster together to:
• Measure distances with their bodies.
• Build evenly spaced vertical sheets of comb, starting from the top and working downward

4. Using the Comb

The finished comb is used for:
• Brood cells: where eggs are laid and young bees grow.
• Pollen cells: for storing pollen.
• Honey cells: for storing nectar that will turn into honey.

04/12/2025

Spring is in the air

10/25/2023

Davvy’s Bees now offers farm fresh eggs for 4$ a dozen (Brown, white, and green colored eggs available). We still have raw, pure, all natural honey available in 8 oz jars, 12oz squeezable bear jars, and a couple 2lb jars left.

Honey Pricing:
8oz-10$
12oz bear jar-14$
2lb jar-30$

10/11/2023

Fall harvest 2023. Contact us for pricing !

05/03/2022

The girls moved in despite the weather!

02/20/2022

06/29/2020

Adding a super and some sweet drink

04/08/2020

A beautiful sight!!!

04/28/2019

Remember honey bees only sting in defense!