Beehive Hosting 2024

 Why Hosting a Beehive Is the Best Investment for Your Garden and Family

Hosting a beehive is one of the most rewarding and environmentally impactful decisions you can make. For just $550 (last spot for 2024), you gainfar more than a hive buzzing with life—you cultivate a thriving garden, support your local ecosystem, and introduce your family to the wonders of sustainable living.

A hosted beehive turns your garden into a pollinator’s paradise. Bees boost the yield and quality of flowers, fruits, and vegetables, ensuring a lush, productive landscape. Imagine homegrown produce that’s sweeter, healthier, and more abundant—all thanks to nature’s tiny workers.

Beyond the garden, hosting a hive fosters educational opportunities for your family. Watching bees in action is fascinating for children and adults alike, offering lessons on teamwork, biology, and the importance of conservation. It’s a unique way to connect with nature right from your backyard.

Then there’s the honey. With a hosted hive, you receive a share of the pure, raw honey produced—your personal supply of nature’s liquid gold, unmatched in flavor and health benefits.

At $750 annually, hosting a beehive is excellent value. It’s a small price for personalized beekeeping services, professional hive care, and the joys of a

flourishing garden and local honey. Plus, you’re actively contributing to the survival of bees, whose pollination supports over a third of the food we eat.

Investing in a hosted hive means investing in your family, your garden, and the planet. Start your journey today—you won’t regret it!

 

WHAT YOU GET

• 8 or 10 frame Langstroth Beehive with a 5 frame starter colony (a Nuc) to start your journey from the basics 
  (fully established working hives are also available + $250. These can be very advantageous for pollination if you have large veggie patch or a small orchard
• Delivery, Installation and initial education and explanation of what/who/where/why 

• A Minimum of 4 hive inspections (normal price $195 per inspection). This will be determined by the conditions in the area, time of year, what is required for the girls to thrive, how to Winter them and how to get them ready for Spring again
• A second brood box (for the bee babies to grow)
• A honey super (third box where they will collect the honey for our consumption)
• 1/2 the honey yield (assuming the season brings enough resources). Some seasons you will not have enough honey to keep as the girls require the hone for survival as a priority.
• Loan of 2 adult and 2 children bee-suits & gloves to join in the inspections with one of our Professional Apiarists (Beekeepers)
• Option of continuing Beehive hosting in the following year
• Option to purchase the Beehive and colony at market value less 25% (market value is the price we charge for an equivalent establishedbeehive)
• Discounted options to purchase bee-suits, gloves, smokers & accessories. Discounts will vary between 10% to 70% depending on stock and time of year
• You will get first option on our ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Super Special Weekends’ specials prior to any public release  

ADDITIONAL EXTRA SERVICES AVAILABLE

• $195 – Additional inspections and mentoring sessions. These are normally 90-120 mins, however can be longer or shorter depending on your needs
• $250 – Honey extraction on-site. This can vary from a ‘cold-press’, ‘crush & strain’, ‘manual or electric honey extractor’. The method will be determined on quantity of honey and/or quality of frames, burr comb along with other seasonal factors

***Please note in 2025 the cost of beehive hosting will increase to $750 – only limited spots are available ***

*** Payment for Beehive hosing is up-front and non refundable***

*** Time & date of installation is dependant on weather conditions and is managed more by the girls (the bees) than us humans. On occasions, if the conditions are not suitable for beehive inspections or any type of working the bees, we can, and will cancel an appointment with minimal notice. This is done for the health and safety of the bees and is not negotiable.

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