Bell Farm

Bell Farm Iowa source for locally raised and wintered queens, bees, and honey. Ellen manages anywhere from 50-500 colonies of bees, depending on the time of year.
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Ellen Bell founded Bell Farm in 2014 when she and her family moved from the city to the country with 2 beehives and a dream. Over the years, we have raised chickens for meat and eggs, grown a variety of produce for local restaurants, operated a CSA program, and grown our beekeeping operation significantly.
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Today, we still operate our business on our 10 acre farm, about 12 miles southeast of Des

Moines, Iowa. While we do still keep chickens (thus the origin of our logo), our primary line of business continues to be beekeeping. We teach a variety of beekeeping classes, raise our own queens, and sell bees to beekeepers around the midwest.
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If you are interested in beekeeping, local food, or small-scale, sustainable agriculture, we hope you'll follow along with us on our journey.

08/31/2026

Anyone else have a partner who (god love them) can’t follow along with the plan? No matter how simply you think you’ve explained it?? 😑😜💀 Honestly, this could be about any topic, not just beekeeping… 🙃 (of course we love them anyway 😘)

08/29/2026

I believe strongly in knowing your worth and owning it. Never apologize for taking space. Be yourself, unapologetically, and your people will find you. 🫶😘🙌

08/28/2026

📣📣📣 FREEBIE!! 📣📣📣
Today we have a giveaway! 100% free, no rules, no catch, this is a freebie all for you!! 😘

The beekeepers in the room know that the math of mixing sugar syrup can be difficult at times (hello, I was not a math major! 😜). Don’t even sweat it friends, we’ve got you. With our free sugar syrup calculator tool, you’ll never have to worry about the math again! 😍🐝🫶

08/27/2026

As promised, here’s a follow up on that beeswax crayon post from earlier this month! The beeswax crayon is a super easy alternative to rolling melted wax onto frames, as a way to add a little extra beeswax to frames that need it. As you can see, it does make a difference in getting the bees to draw out some nice comb! 🐝😍

08/25/2026

Cranky hives… there’s one or two in every yard, am I right? *sigh* 🐝😑🤦🏻‍♀️

08/24/2026

If you are thinking of getting started with bees, the best advice I can give you is to take a class at the very beginning! No matter how much experience you have with livestock or other animals, bees are a whole different ball of wax! (No pun intended 😉)

08/23/2026

Where are the TikTok users?! 🙋🏻‍♀️ We had a brush with fame today… local TikTok influencers Evelyn Castro Trujillo and Jeff Talks Iowa visited Bell Farm and we had so much fun! If you don’t already follow them (and us) on TikTok, go check it out! 🐝

08/23/2026

Where are my TikTok users?? Jeff Talks Iowa and Evelyn Castro Trujillo visited us today and we had so much fun! If you don’t already follow them (and us) on TikTok, go check it out! 🐝

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10458 SE Vandalia Drive
Runnells, IA
50237

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+15159669348

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