Its All Better

08/30/2024

I have piles and piles of one and two pound empty classic glass jars available forsale. The price is lower than last year! Not much else is going down in cost, come get them while they still available.
they come with white metal lids, price in pictures

05/10/2024

I had my beeswax sampled and tested. It was compared with other wax samples obtained across New York State then averaged. you can see below that my methods of beekeeping have been successful in producing a much healthier result.

04/26/2024

a game of find the queen. world speed record 🧐

Well all I can say is that went well! This was the best swarm catch ever. I wish they all worked this well.

04/25/2024

Bob here has no legs so he is a little grumpy that I am taking advantage of him to model bee jackets 😆😂
Help him out by buying one or several of these. close out price of $80. add 20 to ship.
I have orange and pink and a few other colors. most sizes still available. Message me to get yours 😍

04/19/2024

This actually happened, no editing 😁
Instant queen find
swarm capture using the ol' bucket on a pole trick.
this was first capture of 2023

the ol' bucket on a pole swarm capture. textbook action with instant queen recognition.The best one and I caught it on film! I wish it was always this easy.

04/18/2024

This is one of my favorite pictures of honey comb. I found this a year or two ago. Look at the different honeys on either side of it. It was delicious by the way! Light and sweet on one side and dark with robust flavor and thicker texture on the other.
Honey is not just a liquid sugar but includes the essential oils that the flowers produce. Each type of flower produces different flavor nectar and each is made in to its own flavor of honey by honey bees. Honey bees like to collect from a single source when it is available in abundance and in this case the stark contrast is just amazing.

04/08/2023

Easter weekend.

04/29/2021

This is a swarm of honeybees. Only 20% survive. With a Beekeepers help they have over a 80% chance of survival. If you see a swarm please call me and I will come pick them up.

11/15/2020

A customer asked me how much it cost to do this job....
I answered him: $ 1500
He said: So expensive for this job?
I asked: How much do you think it would cost you?
He answers me: $ 800 maximum... That's a pretty simple job right? !"
- For $ 800 I invite you to do it yourself.
- But.... I don't know how to.
- For $800 I'll teach you how to. So besides saving you $700, you'll get the knowledge for the next time you want
- It seemed right to him and he agreed.
- But to get started: you need tools: A beekeeper suit, ladder, scaffold, drill, sawsall, circular saw, various hammers pry bars knives etc, most importantly a bee vac...
- But I don't have all these equipment and I can't buy all of these for one job.
- Well then for another $300 more I'll rent my stuff to you so you can do it.
- Okay, he says.
- Okay! Tuesday I'm waiting for you to start doing this work
- But I can't on Tuesday I only have time today.
- I'm sorry, but I'm only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers.
- Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Tuesday, give up my tasks.
- I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the nonproductive factors.
- That is? What is this?"
- Bureaucratic, tax, vat, security, insurance, fuel etc.
- Oh no!... But to accomplish these tasks, I'm going to spend more money and waste a lot of time!
- Do you have them? You can do it to me before?"
- Okay!
- I'll make you all the material you need. Truck loading is done Monday evening or Tuesday morning you'll have to come by 6 loading the truck. Don't forget to be on time to avoid traffic jams and be on time
- At 6??? Nope! Too early for me! I used to getting up later...
- You know, I've been thinking. Y ' all better get the job done. I'd rather pay you the $1500. If I had to, it wouldn't be perfect and it would cost me a lot more.

When you pay for a job, especially handcrafted, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Professionalism
- Accuracy
- Guaranteed
- Patents
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
- Payment of tax obligations

No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.

I did not write this dialogue, but am sharing it to support craftsmen and entrepreneurs.

07/27/2020

It isn't always honey bees that need removal. Here is a bald faced honey nest.
If you see one you want removed, give me a call.
Chemical free.