Beekeeping at Desert Rain

Do We Keep the Bees? or do the Bees Keep Us?

Bee-Keeper (Ivan Kramskoy)

"Bees! Bees! Run for your lives! Your weapons are useless against them!"

Hive Boxes (We have two) are painted up for the season.

Our starter hives were donated by a college professor, Tim Channel, who was moving out of the area across the country at the time.

Preparing the smoker

Adding a new box

Opening the hive box.

New hanging slots

Last year, because of the high amount of rainfall and especially because of the bees, our fruit trees had an incredible harvest.

We haven't collected any honey yet, but we hope to this year. We'll report back to you when we do.