Beekeeping.
It starts with bees.
The most special thing about BEE-Co? None of our hives were planned- they all found their way to us by accident! Every hive was rescued from a place it didn’t belong and given a safe home here- and those colonies became our greatest teachers.
Our beekeepers go from total new-bee to totally confident in a hive, learning not just how to keep bees, but how to
think beyond yourself. For many of us, beekeeping is the gateway to environmentalism- once you start caring for bees, it’s hard not to care about everything else, too.
Slurping up some nectar with her proboscis- a straw-like tongue!
Beeks installing a "nuc" (new colony) into a bigger home.
Worker bees turning nectar into honey
Worker bees surrounding the new queen- they've accepted her!
Normal hive maintenance day- lots of capped honey!
Beekeepers installing a new queen in a queen-less colony