Plan Bee: Brooklyn beekeeping.

Watch from a safe distance as Ian and Cerise endeavor to distill their local environment into a sweet golden liquid with the aid of several thousand stinging insects.

We're novice beekeepers based in Brooklyn.
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There’s a week when those roses bloom and it’s hard to imagine a better place to have bees. 

There’s a week when those roses bloom and it’s hard to imagine a better place to have bees. 

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

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Lots of honey. About 4 gallons. Not even sure what to do with it all still.

Lots of honey. About 4 gallons. Not even sure what to do with it all still.

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32 seconds on the landing board.

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The many hues of pollen

I’ve been wondering what kinds of pollen the bees have actually been collecting. Fortunately, Wikipedia had the answers.

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Some beautiful capped comb.

Some beautiful capped comb.

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“ Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. ”

Proverbs 16:24

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That would be a sting. First of the season. Looks much worse than it feels.

That would be a sting. First of the season. Looks much worse than it feels.

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Added our first shallow last weekend. Completely amazing how they are filling out from week to week. There was a bit of burr comb we cut out and got our first taste of Red Hook honey: light, clear and very sweet. Always surprising how much more flavorful fresh food can be.

Added our first shallow last weekend. Completely amazing how they are filling out from week to week. There was a bit of burr comb we cut out and got our first taste of Red Hook honey: light, clear and very sweet. Always surprising how much more flavorful fresh food can be.

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