Bjorn Apiaries       last updated 2-21-12

Certified Breeder of Northern Raised

 Queens and Nucs

 

Do not order queens or nucs without reading info on

the Queens & Bees page.

Our most important employee......Mother Nature! Our business model involves taking out the 10-20% of the weakest genetics every year. Our no pesticide or mite treatment IPM approach allows a better, stronger genetic pool moving forward.

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Bjorn Apiaries

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2012 Packages

We will have 3 lb. packages available with 2012  delivery dates of

April 6-7th (SOLD OUT!) and April 23-24th. (Read the information on the package page for additional details.  We will NOT be using the supplier we used last year. You can get on the list now, and make your down payment after the first of the year. Supply is limited. So do not hesitate getting on the list NOW! Cost is $90 each. Email or call to be placed on the list. Click here for additional Information. 

 

 

 

2012 Class List

There will be NO classes held by

Bjorn Apiaries this year.

 

 

 

Beginner Beekeepers:

 Please consider attending the free workshop hosted by PennApic and the Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers' Association. Details can be found by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

Native Wildflower Seed Sale

PennApic is providing native wildflower seeds for purchase as part of the associations fundraising efforts. Click here for more information. 

 

 

 

2011 Honey Wanted:

Have one or more buckets of honey this year to sell? We are buying local honey produced in Pennsylvania. Honey needs to be raw, unheated, and not filtered. (Strained ok) 5 gallon buckets preferred. Call or email for additional information and current pricing.

 

 

We want to thank all those who attended classes this year at Bjorn Apiaries at Honeycomb Farms. Many assisted, helped during the classes, and made the classes a huge success again this year.  Click here for selected pictures taken during classes held at Bjorn Apiaries in 2011.

 

 

Bjorn Apiaries is a family owned and operated honey bee business, located in southcentral Pennsylvania.

 

Our operation is focused on maintaining bees and providing mating stock from overwintered nucs and hives, and void of harsh mite treatments and chemicals. All of our bees overwinter in Pennsylvania. 


Honey and beehive products are produced with a licensed state honey house certificate of inspection. 


Bjorn Apiaries provides a host of services centered around helping beekeepers in a more natural way of maintaining hives. We have experience with traditional Langstroth hives, Warre hives, Top Bar Hives, Two Queen Tower systems, various comb options, as well as an IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program to foster healthier hives.

 

Please Note:

The pages of this website are filled with our opinions, advice, observations, and experiences. We did not make this site out to be filled with research, other beekeepers experiences, or filled with book filler and academia type data to impress you. All information is from our own collected beekeeping experiences here at Bjorn Apiaries. EVERY picture is from a Bjorn Apiary location. You may not agree with everything we say. And that is ok. The intent of this site is to be honest, while passing on information from another beekeeper who wants to help others enjoy the fascinating world of BEEKEEPING!.

We invite beekeepers as well as anyone wanting to get started in beekeeping to contact us for a visit to one of our yards. There is always something going on within the bee community.

 

Please scan the pages of this website for details on classes, information on various types of beekeeping, as well as services and products that we offer. Do not hesitate to contact us with any comments or suggestions.

If you have any questions, please click here. We spend a considerable amount of time helping new beekeepers with questions and working out problems. While we do try to reply in a timely manner, there is a busy season, and of course sometimes we are simply away on business or pleasure. Thank you.

Do you sometimes not know what to say, how to explain, or make suggestions, to farmers and homeowners in regards to impacts on bees? Click here. This page is provided by the Pa. Backyard Beekeepers' Association. It explains some issues affecting bees, the details behind the problem, and perhaps a good way to pass along some information. 




Members of:

 

Pennsylvania Apiculture Inc.....

 

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Pennsylvania Backyard Beekeepers Association

 

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The National Honey Bee Day Program

 

 

 

Northern States Queen Breeders Association

                                                                                   



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