In addition to providing premier retail products, the team at HoneySmith Bees & Gardens offers professional gardening and beekeeping services. For apiary needs, our professional beekeepers handle swarm removals, beekeeping courses, pollination services, and more. With decades of combined experience, our staff members are trusted experts regarding all aspects of horticulture and apiculture in our region. Contact us to discuss customized services to fulfill your specific gardening or beekeeping needs.
Online StoreHere at HoneySmith Bees & Gardens, we offer comprehensive beekeeping courses for both novice and experienced apiarists. Our beginner beekeeping course provides new beekeepers with a complete introduction to the craft through engaging lectures and hands-on instruction. Over the multi-week course, you'll learn about hive components, bee biology, seasonal management techniques, swarm prevention, disease identification, honey harvesting, and more. We'll guide you through assembling your first hive body, lighting your first smoker, and inspecting frames dripping with bees. Our experienced instructors will ensure you feel equipped to start your first colony confidently.
For intermediate and advanced beekeepers, we provide an in-depth advanced beekeeping course focusing on mastering complex hive management. Through this program, you'll hone skills like queen raising, splitting hives, requeening, integrated pest management, and overwintering hives in our climate. We'll cover best practices in fostering sustainable, ethical honey production. Participants will gain greater proficiency through extensive field training with our instructor mentors. Take your apiary knowledge to the next level by enrolling in this immersive course. Contact us to learn more and register for our upcoming beekeeping classes.
Honeybee swarms that gather in unwanted places can seem alarming yet are usually non-aggressive. If you spot a large swarm on your property, contact our team for safe, effective swarm removal. Our licensed beekeepers have years of hands-on experience collecting swarms using gentle methods that keep bees calm.
We understand the intricacies of swarming behavior and carefully relocate colonies to avoid property damage or personal injury. Our priority is providing humane swarm extractions that ensure the well-being of these vital pollinators. After thorough removal, we work to identify the queen and establish hives in appropriate settings, often integrating them into our own apiaries. Trust our expertise for swift, ethical swarm interventions. Let us know if honeybees have settled somewhere inconvenient so that we can properly and humanely resolve the situation.