News 2015

Get ready for Class #4! Join us May 17th (9am-noon) at Bill’s Bees Bee Yard for Class #4 of the Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association Beekeeping Class 101. (Bee Suits Required) In this hand’s on beekeeping class you’re going to learn how your bees are doing:  Is my queen healthy? Or, am I queenless?  Is there brood? Or, do I need to replace my queen? Is there food? Or, do I need to feed my bees? What? When? How? Are there Varroa mites? And if so, what do I do?  For those of you who attended Class #3, we took...

It was a glorious day in April and we were in the middle of a sunny orange grove in the heart of California’s citrus belt tending our bees. Life could not be sweeter for a beekeeper. The heady scent of orange blossoms made us weak in the knees as we moved from hive to hive, peeking inside, making sure our honey bees were healthy, happy, and bringing in nectar. The beauty of bees in an orange grove is they can fly for miles and miles and just bring back nectar from the waxy white blossoms. This way we know our...

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,[1] and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_DayOn behalf of all of us at Bill's Bees we wish you a happy, peaceful Earth Day. "Keep close to Nature’s heart ... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” -- John Muir The following is an excerpt from...

You’ve got your bees! You’ve got your box! Now What?Hopefully, you were successful in installing your bee packages. Now we’re going to take a look inside the hive. You’ll find the queen and her eggs and identify the progressive stages of growth. You’ll be able to compare the progress of your new bees to see how they’re doing. Join us on April 19th (9am-noon) at Bill’s Bees Bee Yard for Class #3 of the Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association Beekeeping Class 101. "I liked the ABeeC's Beginning Beekeeping article by Phill Remick "Blind Leading the Blind," says Bill. It's reprinted...

For years we have sold our wonderful beeswax soaps, lip balm and lotion bars and beautiful solid beeswax candles at farmers markets. Something has changed and we are now not allowed to display these items at the farmers markets (I know, it is crazy, but Rules are Rules). You can still pick these items up at our farmers markets, but you must order in advance and just pick up at the markets. We are also happy to ship them to you directly. Shipping cost around Los Angeles is usually $8.36 for as much as we can fit into a Post...