Lizzy Bees LLC

09/25/2023

08/01/2023

And the bi***es are even so engorged
with honey, they don’t even bother with you.

08/01/2023

The hardest working bi***es in the world! Not only do they make the comb and the honey, they are nice enough to clean it up so the comb can be used again.

05/21/2023

Finished my first honey order for Great Country Farms - 96 one lb bottles and 72 eight oz bottles! Whew! If you can get it there, do so, but let me know if you'd like a 16 oz jar directly from me. I'll be harvesting throughout the summer to keep up.

05/10/2023

I’m not sure why you can’t post a video and a photo on the same post so here is the photo of the swarm

05/10/2023

Another sunny day, another swarm!

05/06/2023

Got my butt kicked by a swarm this afternoon. Nothing like the buzzing sound of bees saying “f**k you” as they flew out of sight.

05/04/2023

Come on girls!!!! Really, swarming between rainstorms. You can’t wait a day???

04/30/2023

Usually, I hate rainy days but right now, I like them. Bees don’t swarm in the rain. I’ve caught 10 swarms in the past week with the last one yesterday afternoon around 3. Friday and today are break days.

04/27/2023

Not more than 45 minutes after my last post of swarms, 2 hives did practice swarms between rain drops. Tomorrow morning should be really fun!

04/26/2023

so, 6 swarms over the past 2 days. This little swarm has been living in a hole behind the hive they left from for the past 3 days. I could see the queen coming out and in and have been trying to get her since yesterday. Every time, the bitch gets out and goes back into the hole. Today, I antagonized the s**t out of them and they finally left the hole to land on one of my apricot trees.

Got on a ladder, snipped the branch they were on off of the tree. Then, I put the hole branch in a box, closed the lid and shut them up so they can’t get out. Little bitch, don’t mess with the big bitch because you will lose!!

04/20/2023

Came home from Bluemont yard to find 2 of my hives heavily bearded…either about to swarm or too warm inside hive. A few minutes later, heard and saw the swarm. Tried to follow and see where they landed but didn’t see. Then, I hear another swarm and figured it was the hive next to it with the blue box. I look and the swarm was coming back to the original hive it left! Nothing like a practice run I guess.

Chances are, they will try again tomorrow. Oh, and I forgot to mention that I caught a swarm earlier this morning before leaving. The joys of spring beekeeping.

04/16/2023

Saw this the other day and thought it was the sweetest thing.

04/16/2023

Easiest swarm capture ever!

04/12/2023

Made some splits in the home yard today to, hopefully, prevent swarming. Between the two yards I’m up to 32 total hives. And, I have more to split and haven’t even gotten any swarms yet from any of the over wintered hives in the home yard yet!

04/11/2023

Eight and growing.

04/06/2023

Took the swarm and 2 other nucleus colonies from the home yard down to Great Country Farms yesterday. Will go inspect the other hives tomorrow.

04/03/2023

First swarm call of the season! Homeowner called me about a swarm of bees that, for some reason, landed on the bottom of their lilac bush on Saturday. Usually, they don’t stay there more than an hour or two! Only about a foot off the ground, they were an easy capture. Nothing a beekeeper wants more than free bees!

03/27/2023

This is what happens when you forget to add all frames to a box.

03/26/2023

And the 2 became 3.

03/22/2023

Took 2 hives and set them up over at Great Country Farms today. They have a really good view and a lot to forage!

03/21/2023

Tomorrow I will be transferring 2 hives to Great County Farms to start the “occupation”. This is just the beginning of the buildup. After inspecting some of my home hives last week (7), four are already over populated and ready to split. I should be able to make 8 new hives. More will follow. It’s going to be a busy year!

03/13/2023

I had hoped to add the good news that Lizzy Bees was getting another farm to supply with honey but it didn’t work out. Still, plenty of work to be done in Great Country Farms. Sometimes, things work out for the best. Still working on building the empire!

03/12/2023

A lifetimes work! Don’t take that honey for granted! 🐝🐝

03/12/2023

Not sure how I feel about this....but it's interesting

In a headline-making move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the first honeybee vaccine against American foulbrood disease, a bacterial illness that has partially contributed to dramatic drops in U.S. honeybee populations. The vaccine will be fed to queen bees, which will then pas...

03/12/2023

Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, roads, and boundaries. When transported to an unfamiliar area, they seek out local elements of this kind, compare their layout to the memory, and fly along them to seek th...

03/08/2023

It’s been a long time since posting on this page and I apologize.

First, I’d like to announce that out of 23 hives going into winter, I’ve only lost 3, which is a great achievement = 13%. This is below the national average of 22%. With a high mite count in late August last year, I expected to lose more.

Secondly, I’ve just been contracted to provide honeybees and honey for Great Country Farms for Bluemont VA. Their usual demand is for approximately 1500 lbs of honey per year. The Lizzy Bees empire is beginning. 😃 so, Lizzy Bees honey will be available to a larger market. The “Bitches of Stephenson” will also be the “Bitches of Bluemont”!

Thirdly, look for upcoming news on a new expansion coming soon!

10/27/2022

Swarms of honeybees can generate as much electrical charge in the atmosphere as a thunderstorm, according to new research from the University of Bristol.