Andy’s Apiary Adventures

Andy’s Apiary Adventures from Beekeeping dreams to now Reality! If interested in hosting bees on your Central NJ property Contact Us!

6/1/25 Look at these beautiful custom painted hives by for our hives at Petal and Pine Flower Farm. Gotta have pretty f...
07/08/2025

6/1/25 Look at these beautiful custom painted hives by for our hives at Petal and Pine Flower Farm. Gotta have pretty flowered hives on a flower farm! 🌺🌻🌸🪻
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6/1/25 Here we have set up hives at our New Apiary location, a future u-pick flower farm, 🌻🌺 Petal and Pine Flower Farm ...
07/07/2025

6/1/25 Here we have set up hives at our New Apiary location, a future u-pick flower farm, 🌻🌺 Petal and Pine Flower Farm in Monroe, NJ.🌹🪻 These photos are across a few days in early June. Andy picked up and set the temporary (brown wood) Nuc boxes up in the evening, then came back the next day to transfer those frames into our own Nuc boxes, so we could return the temp ones to the supplier; but also because we were having the permanet hive bodys custom painted

The bees rested in their Nuc boxes to settle in and scout their new area. About a week later we came back so Andy could transfer the frames again into the permanet deep boxes. We’re very pleased with these bees, they are strong and moving along fast, building out their comb, bringing in pollen and nectar and immediately started making honey. More to come!
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We’ve had a busy summer so far, and we need to catch up with posts and picture updates. In the meantime, here some inter...
07/07/2025

We’ve had a busy summer so far, and we need to catch up with posts and picture updates. In the meantime, here some interesting facts that intrigued me into becoming a beekeeper.

Beekeepers live longer healthier lives. Studies show beekeepers have fewer inflammatory diseases. Regular bee stings = less/no inflammation in your body.

I have hereditary RA, so reducing my arthritis pain is a benefit to me. In my personal experience, whenever I get a sting, or a bunch, in a generalized area after that initial ouchy-ness wears away I feel less overall pain in that area, and extending to other areas of my body, for a month or two. Now, I’m not a doctor or expert and I’m not saying run around trying to get stung by bees. But, “they” have finally begun studying this in earnest. If you ever get stung, pay attention to see if you feel less pain.
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6/1/25 Saratoga Farms inspection, The 3rd re-queening of this spicy hive seems to have worked finally. Looks like they ...
07/07/2025

6/1/25 Saratoga Farms inspection, The 3rd re-queening of this spicy hive seems to have worked finally. Looks like they have accepted her, the Queens alive, they didn’t kill this one. Brood are being laid and honey is being made.
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5/25/25 Inspections and Re-Queening a Spicy Hive at Katona Farms 🐝🍯👑 🌾🚜👨🏻‍🌾
07/06/2025

5/25/25 Inspections and Re-Queening a Spicy Hive at Katona Farms 🐝🍯👑 🌾🚜👨🏻‍🌾

🐝🇺🇸 HappBee 4th of July! Stay Safe Friends!
07/04/2025

🐝🇺🇸 HappBee 4th of July! Stay Safe Friends!

6/1/25 Beekeeper doing beekeepery stuff, with a few visitors 🐕🐾. Our Pemberton Hives🐝🍯👑 🌾🚜👨🏻‍🌾 ...
07/04/2025

6/1/25 Beekeeper doing beekeepery stuff, with a few visitors 🐕🐾. Our Pemberton Hives
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05/25/2025

ReQueening some hives today. This is how the arrive from shipping, with some attendants to give her food and water. Say hello to the ladies 👑🐝

Inspecting our home hive Cecilia. You can see our strawberry tower and beds of garlic in the foreground 🍓🧄. Pics taken ...
05/23/2025

Inspecting our home hive Cecilia. You can see our strawberry tower and beds of garlic in the foreground 🍓🧄. Pics taken from a distance with our pups relaxing safely on the deck
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On this day, back in 2022, is when I began my Beekeeping Adventure! Positives, losses, honey, mistakes, lessons learned,...
05/21/2025

On this day, back in 2022, is when I began my Beekeeping Adventure! Positives, losses, honey, mistakes, lessons learned, friends gained and I love it more every day! 🐝 Onward!

🐝 HapBee World Bee Day! 🐝
05/21/2025

🐝 HapBee World Bee Day! 🐝

Inspection at our friends Pemberton property near Whitesbog. FreeBeez & DeezBeez. Hives are looking good, they’re drawi...
05/19/2025

Inspection at our friends Pemberton property near Whitesbog. FreeBeez & DeezBeez.

Hives are looking good, they’re drawing out comb on the new frames and excitedly, they’re drawing out the comb in the honeycomb cartridges that we hope will get filled with delicious “comb honey” for you this year.

What did I (Janine) say in our last post - I keep a good distance back and have never been stung? Well, apparently I got too comfy from the last inspection getting right up close and personal. This inspection I received the first sting in my life, right between the eyebrows! 😆🧊 I iced that area down real fast so I didn’t get a lot of swelling. Don’t forget to like/share our post & page!
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