Harris Hives

06/04/2026

We are at the today until 6pm. Stop by to get some freshly harvested 2026 Chatham county honey!

05/29/2026

Getting a little grafting in this morning. Will see how many take on Sunday.

05/19/2026

Honey extraction 2026 is complete. I haven’t weighed the buckets yet but I’m guessing this year I am down 50-60% compared to last year across 4 apiaries.
Big winner this year are the spring feet from Hill Co and the hop spider filter. I have tried filtering the honey as I’m extracting and the filters just couldn’t keep up. Thanks to Brian at for this tip!

05/11/2026

there’s truth. and there’s lies, in everything.the rivals of - in theaters this august.

05/09/2026

As part of the the Chatham County Beekeepers' Association will be selling three frame nucs at the end of May. The queens are raised locally from good producing colonies and have been gentle to work. Please visit our website to reserve your nuc today!

In order to make locally raised queens available to beekeepers in Chatham County, CCBA is selling 3-frame nucs raised by members of its microbreeder queen rearing project. Nucs will cost $150, plus a $25...

04/17/2026

It is that time of the year 🐝

04/11/2026

Booming hive! Been using the Demaree method on this colony for a month now and just about every box is full of honey/nectar. I may have to extract from this one a bit earlier than the rest of the colonies.

04/10/2026

10 out of 16 queen cells took, not bad for the first time grafting in 2026

04/09/2026