ForestBeehive is a treatment-free apiary in central Maine focused on healthy, resilient honey bee colonies and overwintering success.
Our honey bees are never treated with chemicals, acids, or oils. We host fewer than 10 varroa-resistant colonies so our bees can forage exclusively on natural nectar and pollen spring-to-fall without supplemental sugar feeding.
We use stationary horizontal Layens hives with their double-walls insulated with raw sheep wool, providing high insulation R value, moisture buffering and supporting brood development and winter survival.
Only surplus honey is harvested once a year, and colonies retain sufficient honey stores for winter. Some honey frames are stored in freezer as reserve for emergency feeding as we never feed sugar to our bees or exchange their honey for sugar.
This channel is for honey bee enthusiasts, natural and treatment-free beekeepers, and anyone interested in beekeeping, overwintering and real unadulterated 100% naturally foraged honey.
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2023 Fall Honey Harvest -- Maine Wilderness Honey -- Treatment Free - No Supplemental Sugar Feedings
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Update: Starting ForestBeehive apiary - transfer from a conventional nuc to a horizontal Layens hive
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