Napa Valley BeeCo Hive Dive
You know we love to share our knowledge and experience! Come along and catch the buzz on responsible bee keeping and check out how and why we manage vertical, foundationless, treatment free colonies to foster strong genetics in our community.
We’ll meet you at one of our celebrated clients apiary where you will plunge into a hands on honeybee experience as we open the hives for inspection. Participants learn about using a smoker, identify the inner workings of the hive, take beekeeper notes, hold frames of bees and even locate the queen. Maybe chow some bee larvae if that’s your thing and for sure glean a taste of fresh honey straight from the hive. You’ll also be sent home with a sample of our hand pressed, treatment free honey from the apiary you visited and readings on Apis Millefera.
A 1-2 hour experience. The bees, hive management and weather will dictate our location and timeline.
225.00 for 2 ppl maximum
Full refund if bees or weather force cancellation
Contact marla@napavalleybeeco.com to schedule
Napa Valley BeeCo Bus Junket
A Social Species Shindig
Bee there for a real time, full on beekeeping ride with one of our progressive and overly opinionated apiarists. Check out how and why we manage vertical, foundationless, treatment free colonies to foster strong genetics in our community.
We will start and finish at the Oxbow Public Market http://oxbowpublicmarket.com/ with hot brew for the pre game plan and a cold one later @ Fieldworks http://fieldworkbrewing.com/ for the recap. Get on the bee bus with us, roll up to one of our clients’ stunning locales, suit up and get your hands in a hive or simply observe if that is more your mode. Everyday is different, so it’s always fluid, unstructured and you never know what we will be getting into or who we will meet along the way. You could be there to catch a swarm, see a queen emerge, harvest honey or inspect and divide hives.
By the end of your field trip, you will have bit of bee biology under your wing along with some fresh honey and most importantly, a perspective about these amazing, social insects and how we can all help them survive.
Plan to join us for a full work day and know that the bees, hive management and weather will dictate our location and timeline.
500.00 for 2 ppl maximum. Full refund if bees or weather force cancellation.
We book these field trips on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10ish to 3ish, weather permitting and provide everything you will need to beek out.
Contact marla@napavalleybeeco.com to schedule
Napa Valley BeeCo Honey Dip
Book a custom Napa Valley BeeCo Tasting Experience for your next event.
In the presence of friends and colleagues you will learn how
*Bees make honey
* Terroir and nectar sources influence a honey’s flavor and color
*Honey is harvested and extracted from the hive
What’s Included?
*A honey sommelier (display and tasting truck comes to your location)
*A taste selection of artisanal honey from different micro climates in Napa Valley and honey from around the world with simple pairings
*Honey tasting wheel
*NVBC honey for each guest
1000.00 for 10 people max and NVBC will be on site to dance and dip for 2 hours
Contact marla@napavalleybeeco.com to schedule