Isabee's Beekeeping

06/06/2026

The honey bees have been rockin’ it this week. The BroodMinder monitored hive at Isabee’s has gained about 60 lbs. since June 1st!

05/13/2026

Isabee's is excited to announce our Online Beekeeping Classes for 2026. Join us for four in-depth sessions covering honey production, pest management, successful overwintering strategies, and spring management (2027). Our classes, held via Zoom, are designed to help your colonies thrive throughout the seasons. Register now for just $85 for all four classes.

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05/05/2026

We have a number of Package Bee colonies that need to find good homes tomorrow, Wednesday, May 6th, 2026. Call the store if interested AND can pick up on Wednesday, May 6 between 10 am and 6 pm. $175 a piece with mated Italian queens, bred in Georgia, USA.

04/05/2026

Package bees installation in a Pro Nuc box with an internal feeder and drawn comb, to be transferred to a new hive.

03/31/2026

Queen introduction. For customers who picked up their package bees or queens for splits…today and tomorrow are great days for exposing the sugar plug. Either metal disk (packages) or cork (for loose caged queens). This is not YOU releasing the Queen, it’s letting the bees reach the sugar plug to release her. We’re not concerned with the queen’s “readiness”, we need the workers bees to be ready…in their new home (for 3-4 days, since this past week end), building comb and storing the feed you provided in that comb! They are ready to have the Queen and her assimilated pheromones to join them. Sugar plug up…let her crawl out!

03/30/2026

Starter colony feeding. Starter colonies need to be fed 1:1 sugar syrup in order to stimulate wax production from their wax glands, to build comb and stimulate brood rearing. We feed sugar syrup, checking to refresh or replace on a weekly basis, until the bees are covering about 80% of the real estate in the hive. When we expect rain like we are later this week for a period of four days it is even more important to have 1:1 syrup on the hive because they won’t be able to get out and even if they could get out there wouldn’t be any nectar available. Start with a gallon of water which weighs about 8 pounds to two 4-pound bags of sugar from the grocery store. Heat the water enough to dissolve the sugar. That 1 gallon should feed one hive for one week. it is not recommended, however to keep sugar syrup on a hive when the nighttime temperatures are significantly below 50°. I think we’re good for the coming week!

03/29/2026

This week end is the 1st package bee pick up day at Isabee’s. We have a number of package starter colonies unclaimed and they need to find a home today! If you are interested and able to pick up today, call the store at 314-894-8737.

02/07/2026

Enjoying the 2nd Annual Midwest Honey Bee Expo in Madison, Wisconsin! Great speakers and excellent networking! And a couple new products we’ll be carrying at the store in 2026.

01/26/2026

BeeSteps Beginning Beekeeping, 1st of 3 sessions, tomorrow, Jan 26, 6:30 p.m.
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Email from Isabees, LLC     Greetings! You are invited to register for class with Isabee's to prepare for this coming Spring. We recommend beginning or enhancing your experience, if you've already sta

01/16/2026

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Email from Isabees, LLC 2026 Starter Colonies Greetings! Isabee's is now taking reservations for Spring 2026 starter colonies. Package bees come from our 5th-generation Georgia breeder and are bred f