Meet the Bees!
In this two hour experience you will don a bee suit (provided for you) so that you can relax as Yeshuah opens up a top bar hive and introduces you to the colony. This experience is not intended to be a beekeeping instructional, however, you will receive information that every beekeeper needs to know, and you will get experience being in the midst of an active hive!
Yeshuah has been keeping bees for over a decade, and switched from traditional Langstroth hives to natural beekeeping in top bar hives in 2008. Having experimented with both systems, she enjoys great success with natural methods, using no chemical treatments, and allowing the bees to do what nature intended, including swarming and building their own comb.
If you are completely new to bees and not sure what any of this means, you will by the end of this experience! You will also learn about the life cycle of bees, the members of the colony, some of the challenges bees face today, and how you can help them thrive either as a beekeeper or simply as a supporter of natural beekeeping practices.
The experience concludes with you sampling some of the products you just witnessed the bees working so hard to produce, including nectar, bee bread, propolis, and of course, some sweet honey in the comb!
Since all OpihiCow experiences are tailored for your individual tastes, Meet the Bees is appropriate for those with no prior experience with bees as well as seasoned beekeepers.
Children age 8 and up are welcome to join this experience, we have little suits available for little people. Younger children can still experience the bees through the viewing windows of our hives in the Homestead Experience, and are welcome to join us for the honey tasting with those that participated in a Meet the Bees experience.
Those of you who are allergic to bees, pregnant, or have other pre-existing conditions should contact us before booking an experience.