We are closed till July 1,
Welcome to Sun Mountain Apiary "Sun Mountain Apiary is offering a limited number of 5 frame nucs for medium supers this year. Our apiary and nucs are NYS inspected and we are a NYS Grown and Certified Apiary. All nucs will be on a first come first serve basis so don't wait to reserve as they will sell out fast. For more information, click Nuc Sales" Although it doesn’t feel it at the moment, HAPPY SPRING! It has been an unusual winter with virtually no snow and well above normal temperatures. This can actually be hard on the bees as they have been out scores of times on those warm winter days looking for pollen and nectar. This burns up their winter stores of food very rapidly with nothing to show for it. It also places a lot of wear and strain on the “winter bees” which need to make it all the way through winter and are not designed for field work.
The good news is though that our hives have overwintered remarkably well with the lowest hive loss ever. We are hoping the very cold weather of the past few days hasn't hurt them. With a little cooperative weather this summer, we should have a great harvest. As usual, we are planning to reopen the Honey Store on July 1st. With the colder weather of this past week it was a good time to clean and upgrade our honey supers for the upcoming season. We set up several colonies this past summer to overwinter and be split into “Nucs” or nucleus colonies for sale this spring. These provide beekeepers with a five-frame colony and marked queen raring to get started. We have a limited number for sale, so if you know someone wanting to get started in beekeeping or wants to increase their hives, we can help. See our website for details. Upcoming Events April 9, 7:00PM Shamrock House, Durham NY (2388 Route 145, East Durham, NY) I will be giving a presentation to the Catskill Area Beekeepers Club on Honeybee Swarm Trapping. Public is welcome. April 13, 2PM, Gallupville House, Gallupville, NY (133 Factory St, Schoharie, NY) I will be presenting “The History of Beekeeping in the Mohawk Valley.” This is a family oriented presentation for the general public. Guaranteed you will be surprised at some facts about the rich history of beekeeping in our area. Visit the Gallupville House website for more information at https://www.gallupvillehouse.org/events-1 or visit their Facebook page for updates. Bee trivia Honey bees are not native to North America. They were first introduced in Jamestown in 1622 and gradually spread on their own throughout the colonies and eventually westward. The Native Americans called them “white man’s flies.” By the early 1900's, the US was the largest honey producer in the world and NYS was the largest honey producing state in the country. Please give a positive Google Review! We finally got located on Google Maps and in searches as a verified business. You can now leave a review! We would love it if you would take a minute to do so! Here is the link: https://g.page/r/CQw38g274rdKEAI/review Think spring and bee well! Bob |
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In 2020 we went through the testing and inspection process to become a “NY Grown and Certified Honey Producer.” While all claim their honey is pure, and bees are the best, we decided to back the claims up with the documentation and inspections that prove we have healthy hives, excellent sanitation in extraction, and nothing but pure, raw NY local honey.
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Sun Mountain Apiary
127 Marcus Road Delanson, NY 12053 Bob Muller sunmountainapiary@gmail.com |