Beekeeping with Beth

Beekeeping with Beth Nashville Beekeeper. Pollinator Admirer.

We welcomed our daughter Layla June into the world one month ago today! She was born on her due date, on the strawberry ...
07/04/2023

We welcomed our daughter Layla June into the world one month ago today! She was born on her due date, on the strawberry moon! 🍓

We’ve been telling her stories about the honey bees. I can’t wait to find a mini-beekeeping suit ❤️

9 month hive inspection! Our little worker bee is due on the strawberry 🍓 moon 🌙 fingers crossed 🤞 she decides to make h...
05/04/2023

9 month hive inspection! Our little worker bee is due on the strawberry 🍓 moon 🌙 fingers crossed 🤞 she decides to make her debut early! Just a few more visits to the apiary before we meet our baby girl ❤️

18 holiday kits remain! 🎁3 days left for local delivery! 🎄Kits include:Soothing Beeswax Peppermint Lip Balm Restorative...
12/20/2022

18 holiday kits remain! 🎁

3 days left for local delivery! 🎄

Kits include:

Soothing Beeswax Peppermint Lip Balm

Restorative Beeswax Lavender Hand Salve

2 oz Elderberry Honey Syrup

1 oz Wildflower Honey

Small batch handmade by your local beekeeper 🐝

If you're looking for a thoughtful gift to share with people you love this holiday season then consider these kits.

Kits = $28

Tap the link in my bio to order or DM ✨

Sales help support Honey Bee Conservation 💛

Thank you to everyone who has ordered 🙏☺️

Kits available for local delivery 📦 🎁 Or shipping 🛻 Tap the link in my bio to order ✨Thank you to everyone who has alrea...
12/19/2022

Kits available for local delivery 📦 🎁
Or shipping 🛻

Tap the link in my bio to order ✨

Thank you to everyone who has already purchased 🙏❤️

DM me if you’d like local drop off or pick up to skip the shipping fee 🐝

Aromatherapy + Immunity-Boosting Holiday Kits are back in stock 🎄If you're looking for a thoughtful gift that will also ...
12/19/2022

Aromatherapy + Immunity-Boosting Holiday Kits are back in stock 🎄

If you're looking for a thoughtful gift that will also have a positive impact on our honey bees & environment,
than this is the gift for you.

Kits include:

Soothing Peppermint Beeswax Lip Balm

Restorative Lavender Beeswax Hand Salve

1 oz Wildflower Honey

2 oz Elderberry Honey Syrup

Kit sales support Honey Bee Conservation. This means
repairing/purchasing new beekeeping equipment,
organic medicine & new bees.

All small batch handmade by your local beekeeper 💛

Kits = $28

Click the link in my bio to order ✨

These are available for local drop-off this week before the holiday if you're within 10 miles of Dose East!

DM with questions. Also available for shipping/pick up 🎁

Aromatherapy + Immunity-Boosting Holiday Kits are back in stock 🎄If you’re looking for a thoughtful gift that will also ...
12/19/2022

Aromatherapy + Immunity-Boosting Holiday Kits are back in stock 🎄

If you’re looking for a thoughtful gift that will also have a positive impact on our honey bees & environment, than this is the gift for you.

Kits include:

Soothing Peppermint Beeswax Lip Balm

Restorative Lavender Beeswax Hand Salve

1 oz Wildflower Honey

2 oz Elderberry Honey Syrup

Kit sales support Honey Bee Conservation. This means repairing/purchasing new beekeeping equipment, organic medicine & new bees.

All small batch handmade by your local beekeeper 💛

linktr.ee/beekeepingwithbeth

Kits = $28

These are available for local drop off this week before the holiday if you’re within 10 miles of Dose East! DM with questions. Also available for shipping/pick up 🎁

“How often do you get stung?”That’s the number one ☝️ question people ask me. The answer…more than I like! But probably ...
09/14/2022

“How often do you get stung?”

That’s the number one ☝️ question people ask me.

The answer…more than I like!

But probably less than I deserve 🤣

Honey bees are generally docile. When I get stung it’s usually because I’m in a rush and it almost always starts off as a conversation in my head of “Well I’ll just do this one thing really quick.” Nope.

Bees don’t really appreciate when you try to do things on your terms and not theirs 😂

An example of this is opening your hives late. Like I did Monday night. I got to one of the apiaries later than intended and made the move to open the hives anyway. Oh, sweet stinging reminder.

Two guard bees rushed over to defend their hive from the intruder …lol it’s me.

If you’re opening your hives too late you’re putting yourself at a greater risk to get stung. Why? Because all the bees have returned from foraging and it’s a full house!

I got stung on my ring finger and my ankle. Luckily I was able to get my wedding ring off before my hand 🖐 became completely swollen. A swift reminder to respect the nature of the hives.

☝️ Always remember to completely remove the stinger and wash the wound. Always scrape and never pull the stinger out - as the venom sac will pump more venom into your body. 🐍

And slow down, the bees and your body will thank you 🐝

Check out this adorable native leaf cutter bee 😻
08/24/2022

Check out this adorable native leaf cutter bee 😻

Check out this adorable leaf cutter bee 😍 This is a native bee ☝️Did you know there are over 20,000 known species of bee...
06/14/2022

Check out this adorable leaf cutter bee 😍

This is a native bee ☝️

Did you know there are over 20,000 known species of bees in the world and around 4,000 are native to the United States?

Native bees are very important pollinators!

This week the temps will reach 100 in Nashville. One way to help our pollinators is to set out water for them. Make sure to add sticks, rocks, marbles, etc so they can have a little landing pad to cool off (and not drown!)

05/24/2022

Apiary #2 🥰

Did you know yesterday was World Bee Day? May 20th was declared World Bee Day by the United Nations to increase awarenes...
05/21/2022

Did you know yesterday was World Bee Day?

May 20th was declared World Bee Day by the United Nations to increase awareness about the importance of pollinators.

In celebration, myself, worker bees and a handful of drones headed over to the farmer’s market on a field trip.

I loved watching everyone’s faces as they did a double-take when they saw the bees buzzing along making honey. Adults and children all had the same expression of fascination & wonder.

I heard so many stories about the colorful ways bees had been a part of different people’s lives and what it meant to them. I just love bees ❤️

Thank you to everyone who came out to last night ❤️🐝

05/17/2022

BEE DAY!!!

It’s the best day of the year!

Remember those beekeeping holiday kits that I sold over Christmas? 🎄

That’s what those sales bought today- new bees! 🐝

So thank you for supporting honey bee conservation & your local beekeeper ❤️

Had many special visitors today including my favorite nugget 🥰It was a beautiful sunny day ☀️ So many precious pups out...
05/14/2022

Had many special visitors today including my favorite nugget 🥰

It was a beautiful sunny day ☀️
So many precious pups out for May Day for Mutts.

And I’m loving getting to try all the amazing vendor’s products !

The fried green tomatoes from were incredible! And so was the smoked trout dip from ! Annnd the granola from !

Did I mention the food was incredible? 🤣

Thank you to everyone who made it out today! ❤️

Looking forward to next Friday 4-7!

05/14/2022

Trying Auntie’s Elderberry Soda for the first time ❤️ It was a hit 🥤

05/12/2022

When you forget to come back and add those frames 🤣 These girls are working fast!

I use wax foundation frames that give the bees some nice structure. Foundation-less frames are also frequently used by beekeepers.

If left frameless, however, the bees will build as they wish! Which isn’t a great option when trying to inspect a hive.

I cut the comb off that was stuck to the inner cover and used rubber bands to add the comb into frames and return them to the hive. 👌

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be a vendor with Hip Donelson Farmer’s Market starting Friday, May 6th! You can f...
04/23/2022

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be a vendor with Hip Donelson Farmer’s Market starting Friday, May 6th! You can find me among many amazing vendors including my friend Fridays from 4-7 pm!

Thanks to 🐝☺️for including me in the 2022 season!

03/20/2022

Can you spot the honey bee frantically dancing from side to side? 🌿

She’s just returned from foraging and she wants to tell her sisters how to go collect more of what she’s just found- without taking them there herself. 🚗

She’ll need to draw them… a map!

She does this with dance, the waggle dance. She’ll move in a figure 8, giving them directions based on…the SUN! ☀️

Honey bees can see ultraviolet light - which shines through the clouds, even on overcast days. Think of the sun, as their Solar Compass. ⛅️

The orientation of the dance communicates which angle 📐 to travel away from the sun & the duration of the dance communicates the distance away from the hive. 🐝

Honey bees collect nectar, pollen, water & propolis. This time of year in Tennessee they’re bringing in a ton of new pollen, as they patiently await for nectar to become available.

Happy first day of spring! The wait is almost over 🌻

It’s here! It’s here!!! The FIRST FULL HIVE INSPECTION of 2022!!Pictured here: Me + Several thousand healthy & vibrant h...
03/17/2022

It’s here! It’s here!!!

The FIRST FULL HIVE INSPECTION of 2022!!

Pictured here: Me + Several thousand healthy & vibrant honey bees.

Not pictured here: My little heart bursting with joy that these hives made it through winter AND are SO STRONG!

Full disclosure, I did lose one hive late Fall to varroa mites + deformed wing virus.

I can tell you that I will most likely learn MORE from that loss than from the success of my other hives.

Losses will always be a part of beekeeping, and we’ll count them.

But don’t forget to count your wins my friends!

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