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Organic AndFresh.

Forty seasons at the hives: honey from our own bees, and courses to keep yours.

Learn Beekeeping Our Apiaries
Beginner course · $145

Your FirstHive.

A day in the apiary with a beekeeper beside you: open a hive, read a frame, find the queen.

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May to July

SwarmSeason.

A swarm in your yard? We collect it free anywhere in the county and give it a home.

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What Are Honeybees

15 Beekeeping Rules

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Bees on a yellow board
“Bright as a sunflower.”
A beekeeper with a frame on a hillside apiary
“Garden sweet garden.”

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Inside the hive

Inside A Frame

Ten frames to a box, each drawn into comb by the bees. Scroll on and look closer: a colony fills every frame in the same order.

  1. 01The FrameA wooden frame, its comb drawn from the bees' own wax.
  2. 02Capped HoneyAn arch of honey along the top, sealed under a cap of wax.
  3. 03PollenA band of pollen in every colour, the bread of the hive.
  4. 04BroodEggs, curled larvae and capped brood at the heart.
Learn how it's made
Courses with their dates

Learn Beekeeping

Every course meets at one of our apiaries or the honey house. The dates below are worked out from today, with the seats left on each.

Next course with seats Beeswax Candles & Wraps Sunday 1 Nov, 10 am - 1 pm The Honey House · 7 seats left Book A Place
  • Suit hire$15 a person
  • Students so far2,400
  • Group size8 to 16
By season

Types Of Honey

Learn more about some of the products we take special pride in.

1 honey · Apple Blossom

Spring Honeys

Orchard blossom, the first honey of the year.

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10 honeys · Black Locust, Raspberry, White Clover

Summer Honeys

Locust, clover, basswood and the meadows.

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2 honeys · Goldenrod, Knotweed

Autumn Honeys

Goldenrod, buckwheat and knotweed: the dark ones.

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Four places, a hundred hives

Our Apiaries

Visit The Apiaries
Orchard Apiary, Red Hook
Red Hook · since 1987

Orchard Apiary

Apple and pear orchards, white clover under the trees.

  • Hives26
  • Height220 ft
  • HoneysApple Blossom, White Clover, Creamed Clover
Meadow Apiary, Tivoli
Tivoli · since 1994

Meadow Apiary

Hay meadows, wild raspberry canes, bramble and knapweed.

  • Hives34
  • Height160 ft
  • HoneysRaspberry, Wildflower, Summer Hive, Cut Comb
Linden Row, Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck · since 2003

Linden Row

An avenue of basswood and a stand of black locust.

  • Hives18
  • Height240 ft
  • HoneysBlack Locust, Basswood, Comb Chunks
Ridge Apiary, Milan
Milan · since 2011

Ridge Apiary

Buckwheat fields, goldenrod and aster, knotweed along the creek.

  • Hives22
  • Height410 ft
  • HoneysBuckwheat, Goldenrod, Knotweed
Honey production professionals

Our Team Of Experts

Meet our passionate team of honey production professionals.

Gregory Silva, Head Beekeeper
Head Beekeeper

Gregory Silva

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Roger Porter, Field Technician
Field Technician

Roger Porter

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Walter Harris, Queen Rearer
Queen Rearer

Walter Harris

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Carolina Torres, Courses & Honey House
Courses & Honey House

Carolina Torres

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A beekeeper lifts a comb against the sky Two beekeepers at a green hive Two beekeepers with a basket of honey jars
Julia Klein

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Julia KleinBiologist, a customer since 2015
Anna Morel

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Anna MorelYour First Hive, 2026
Anna & Tom Reed

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Anna & Tom ReedBeekeeping weekend, 2026
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Orchard Apiary, Red Hook

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  • Who1 person
  • Total$145

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  • TodayHoney house open Tuesday to Sunday
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