The Beekeeper

Welcome back to the Abita Honey Co.

Our little apiary still sits on the edge of the Abita Flatwoods Preserve at Blue Collie Farm. All local. All natural beekeeping methods. It’s been a very abundant year. In fact it’s been a little too busy to keep up with this site so I invite you to check us out on Facebook where weContinue reading “Welcome back to the Abita Honey Co.”

Two more hives installed…

Last week, the Abita Honey Co. bee yard gained two more new hives. This time the new colonies are the product of splits performed by a local beekeeper earlier this spring. In the last blog post we talked about the different ways to start a new hive, and we talked about the possibility of obtainingContinue reading “Two more hives installed…”

The Abita Honey Co. bee yard is growing….

This past weekend we were able to add three new hives to the bee yards. These new hives are courtesy of nucs developed from new swarms. The comparison between these nucs, and a previously installed package of bees is just night and day! For those new to beekeeping, there are different ways to start aContinue reading “The Abita Honey Co. bee yard is growing….”

Welcome to the Abita Honey Co. Blog

We are a small bee yard located near the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve. Our bees are working hard building up their hives to prepare for the honey flow. The honey flow is that sweet spot in time when the plants are in bloom, and the bees have access to abundant resources allowing the bees toContinue reading “Welcome to the Abita Honey Co. Blog”

Abita Honey Co.

This site is intended to share our experiences as beekeepers, to encourage others to explore the fun of “keeping” bees, and hopefully to encourage the exchange of information to help us all do the best we can by these amazing little creatures. We don’t pretend to know it all, and we will likely make mistakesContinue reading “Abita Honey Co.”