Happy New Year Beekeepers,
For those of you who will be ordering new package or nucleus bees, the time has come to preorder for spring pick-up! Place your pre-order through our Shop site, and browse our full inventory of beekeeping equipment and books too. And always feel free to come into the Garden Center to pre-order in person as well.
Not much is going on as far as existing hive maintenance, but January is a great month to get caught up on updates in the beekeeping world.
Curl up with a warm blanket and a good bee resource. Browse a few websites to find your favorite resources, or if you like the feel of physical pages, try the American Bee Journal or Bee Culture for monthly updates. Here are a few of our favorite resources here at Shonnard’s:
Websites
- Shonnard’s YouTube page. Look for our Beekeeping Series!
- OSU Honeybee Labs
- Scientific Beekeeping with Randy Oliver
Magazines
- American Bee Journal – Subscribe Here
- Bee Culture – Subscribe Here
Books
- The Beekeeper’s Handbook by Alphonse Avitabile and Diana Sammataro
- The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum
- Garden Plants for Honeybees by Peter Lindtner
- The Hive and the Honeybee a Dadant Publication (many noteworthy authors, including LL Langstroth himself!)
- Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping by Dewey Caron and Lawrence John Connor
Check out our recent blog Favorite Books for Beekeepers to learn more about some of these books!
We are a distributer of live bees for Fred Selby, a 2nd generation beekeeper from Chico, California. Previously the head of the Shonnard’s Nursery Beekeeping Department, Fred now professionally operates his apiary near Brownsville, Oregon.
You can place your pre-order now for 3 lb. packages, or a “fresh” nucleus hive, also referred to as a ‘package nuc’, either with Carniolan or Italian queens. Find out more below!
