Crast Family Farm

01/02/2025

This post has been on my mind for the last several months.
I have been thinking and struggling with exactly how to word it and can not come up with an easy way to say this so I will just get it done...
I have decided to retire from beekeeping so we will be closing our business - Crast Family Farm - over the next few months. We will have honey until it is gone and I will have bees for sale along with other equipment this spring until gone.
The desire to travel more and enjoy (total) retirement made my mind up for me.
I can only say - Thanks so much to all who have helped me along the way as well as all who have purchased our products, it has been a great 10 years but time to move on.

12/24/2024

Wishing all of our family, friends and customers a healthy, joyous and very Merry Christmas!

11/03/2024

They're still here....

10/24/2024

They're back for a fall visit!

10/06/2024

Good morning everyone!

08/28/2024

A little front yard swarm activity today!!

07/05/2024

07/02/2024

Momma had the babies out for a stroll tonight!

06/20/2024

Mason Crast and papa pulled a few frames today. Honey still needs some time yet!! Won't be long.....!! The bees a finishing up the process!

06/20/2024

You know what this heat means for beekeepers right?? Checking for honey?? Because honey needs to come out of those frames when it's nice and hot- like today!! Cold honey doesn't work so well in the extractor! Wish Mr Beekeeper well as he sweats his bal...d head off today! Thank you to Mason Crast -my number #1 forever for stepping up and taking my place in that sauna of a honey house and helping papa.....without complaining!

06/20/2024

During , we want to remind everyone that registration of honey bee hives in New York State is free to beekeepers and enables us to contact all beekeepers when honey bee and pollinator health issues! Beekeepers in New York State are required to register with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and to renew their registration annually. If you are a beekeeper in New York, please register at https://beekeepers.agriculture.ny.gov/registration. 🐝