Loren's Honeybees

02/04/2026

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!

09/05/2025

09/01/2025

Our bees are busy gathering pollen and nectar from Wingstem, Ironweed, and Goldenrod, which are essential for their winter survival.

08/20/2025

Loren’s Honeybees fresh Sourwood honey is now available at Roller Pharmacy in Erwin. Stop by and see Terry or Kendra and get yourself some before it’s gone.

05/10/2025

Come see us today at the Flag Pond Ramp Festival.

04/28/2025

Our home bee yard is at 2,700 feet in elevation and so we are a couple weeks behind the lower elevation areas for things blooming out. This weekend, I saw black locust in full bloom, and I think tulip poplar and black berries will bloom within the next few days. The apple orchard has been in full bloom for several weeks but the blooms are mostly gone now. The bees are already making honey and will continue to do so through July.

01/30/2025

My good friend and fellow Master Beekeeper, John Frady and his wife Kaitlyn Frady, have started a new business to support local beekeepers here in East Tennessee. Please like and share their page to help them grow.

09/03/2024

Now that September is here, all honey supers have been pulled and it’s time to start preparing the bees for winter. All hives have been inspected and looked great. Boxes are full of bees with lots of colorful pollen coming in along with some nectar. Everything the bees bring in from now through the end of October will be their food to get them through winter.

06/01/2024

Love this! We go to church with the little girl on the left, Lillian.

05/26/2024

Recently, my dad and I spent a day together wax dipping a truckload of new honey supers and bottom boards, most of which were handmade by Fred Ayers and myself. I drove to Knoxville and bought the microcrystalline and paraffin waxes to go in my custom wax melting tank built by Duncan Mechanical. We ran two propane burners under the tank and had the wax temperature up to 300 within a few hours. Wax dipping boils out all moisture in the wood and then absorbs the wax mixture into the deepest pores of the wood, waterproofing it without any waxy feel. No painting is necessary, although you can still paint if desired, and these boxes and bottom boards should last for at least 25-30 years. The next step is to get these supers on the hives so the bees can fill them with honey 🍯.