Harrisonville Honey

Harrisonville Honey Local Honey in Harrisonville, MO.

Some of my favorite observations from a hive. One of the new queens installed last week. She's marked white signifying t...
04/12/2026

Some of my favorite observations from a hive.

One of the new queens installed last week. She's marked white signifying that she was born in a year ending with a 1 or a 6. Queens will live anywhere from 3-5 years which is crazy compared to the 5-7 weeks a worker will live.

Festooning! Bees will make little chains or groupings by holding onto the legs of another.

Different stages of larvae development. Baby bees cook for approximately 21 days. Only in the latest stages are they capped over to finish incubating. Plastic frames come in different colors. We can see this one and the next are black which allows the keeper to see the contrast of eggs or larvae against the dark background. Honey frames are yellow so impurities can be spotted against the lighter background.

Eggs! A queen can lay an average of 1000-2000 eggs a day!

After installing the queen and the majority of bees into the hive boxes, I left the bee bus (yes, the white thing is a b...
04/04/2026

After installing the queen and the majority of bees into the hive boxes, I left the bee bus (yes, the white thing is a bee bus) by the hive for the rest of the bees to make their way over. For convenience I just put the queen cage back in the bus so I could pick them up easily later.

As you can see, the queen's scent (pheromones) was still so strong in the queen cage that even after several hours many workers were still flocking to it.

To help them along I ended up moving it to the front entrance of the hive. Nature is crazy.

04/03/2026

The process of installing a new package of bees. Ten thousand little new friends.

First remove the sugar can that has been feeding them.

Next pull the queen cage and remove the sugar or in this case cork plug to free her. The rest of the colony has become accustomed to her scent and will stick with her.

Then put as many bees as you can in the hive to help keep her warm and expedite the moving process.

Last, put the inner cover and lid on. Put a little sugar water out for them.

Easy as that they have a new home!

Took advantage of the nice weather this weekend to do some spring cleaning and give the bees some sugar water to get the...
03/02/2026

Took advantage of the nice weather this weekend to do some spring cleaning and give the bees some sugar water to get them through these next two weeks of rain.

I swapped out old boxes that have been worn down by the weather for freshly wax coated boxes. I took the weathered boxes and put a fresh coat of wax on them. And I removed frames that were empty and had old comb. Overtime comb becomes dark and stiff because it's filled with pollen and debris, but the frames are reusable so you just scrape off the old and let them build new.

Lastly I gave the ladies some sugar water in my high tech feeding system! We always have juice bottles around. With a couple pokes from a box cutter you can have your own free gravity feeder.

We have 30 bottles of waiting to be your holiday helper this season! $8 for an 8oz squeeze bottle.
11/28/2025

We have 30 bottles of waiting to be your holiday helper this season!

$8 for an 8oz squeeze bottle.

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E 283rd Street
Harrisonville, MO
64701

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