Maxwell's Honey Bee Farm

06/17/2026

First 2026 honey coming in! 🐝

06/14/2026

At the Brighton Farmers' Market today!! It's only a beautiful spring rain, grab your umbrellas and support your local farmers!!!

06/13/2026

All set up at Webster's Joe Obbie Farmers' Market, Inc.
It's opening day folks! Come see us and make this first day shine!!!
New vendors this year too 😉

06/13/2026

The Webster's Joe Obbie Farmers' Market, Inc. Opens today! Every Saturday from June 13th until the last Saturday of October. You'll find us here from 8:30-1 pm.
Happy Summer!

Opening Day is here! Tomorrow, June 13th!

06/09/2026

Have you gotten your tickets for the fabulous NY Lavender Festival yet??? Its just 4 weeks away 🥰
Choose your weekend and prepare for a fun day!!!

If you’re bringing the little ones to the NY Lavender Festival this year join in on the fun!! Lavender Fairies and Wizards wanted to walk in our parade!! July 4, 5, 11, & 12th. Visit www.nylavenderfestival.com for more information

06/05/2026

Candles are not my only use for our beeswax. My first priority is the bees. Before I give them new frames to draw out, I'll add more beeswax to the frame, a few thin coats of beeswax will help the bees get these frames drawn out with new wax quickly so they can store honey or so the queen can lay eggs to expand the population of the colony 🐝🐝
Drawn comb is like gold for a beekeeper and it takes a huge amount of nectar for the bees to draw comb. It takes 8 lbs of honey for each pound of wax that the bees produce.

06/04/2026

Are you all seeing and smelling the Black Locust trees blooming right now? The ones close to my house are just humming with bees working these flowers. Locust nectar is one of the primary nectars in our spring honey. It gives a slightly minty, light and sweet flavor.
Although black locust trees are native to north America they are also considered an aggressively invasive tree. They spread through a large root system shooting up sucker trees all around them. If you plant them in your yard (and the bees hope you do) just make sure to mow around them and you won't have any problems. Locust wood is a rot resistant hardwood, prized by wood workers and farmers for fence posts. It can be difficult to find these trees in a nursery, and if you do the INVASIVE sign might tend to scare you away.... please just remember
1. It's a native species.
2. The bees LOVE them!
3. Mowing around it will keep those sucker trees from sprouting up.

The bees (and their keepers) thank you if you are letting these trees grow!!!

06/01/2026

Well this was a first for me. Getting ready to open up this hive when I notice this queen, hanging out on the back of the hive. Just enjoying the sun?
Last check on 5-18 revealed capped queen cells, which meant that the colony was getting ready to swarm. My first thought was she's a virgin queen, newly hatched, escaping from the other queens trying to kill her, but when I took the top off the hive she walked right in and the bees did not seem bothered by her.
So, let's just close up this box and let the bees sort out what's going to happen here. I'll be back next week to see how it went! 🐝🐝

05/31/2026

Its a beautiful Sunday morning at the Brighton Farmers' Market! We are here until 1 pm.

05/28/2026

These girls are ready for the black locust nectar flow!!!