We are here to help!
NEED HELP STARTING AN APIARY OR HIVE MAINTENANCE?
If you already have honey bees or you would like to start a new apiary but you need some help to keep them healthy and thriving, we can help you with our on-site support services. Whether you prefer to have on site support as you go through the hive or you want us to maintain your colonies, we are here to help!
If you are interested in having colonies at your site, we come and perform an initial site assessment and introductory visit. During this visit we check to make sure your site is conducive to supporting honey bees. Don’t assume your site isn’t good for bees without checking with us. You don’t need a big yard or lots of flowers to have honey bees. During our initial visit we also go over the basics of how our service works and provide you with information about honey bee safety.
House Calls
Are you within the Owensville Indiana area? Then schedule an appointment with our Beekeeper. We will assess the health of your hive, perform a thorough hive check, and provide you with recommendations.
Training
We offer hands-on training or mentoring at your location or ours. You will learn how to manage and maintain your hive as well as how to evaluate its condition and health.
Our Rates
We offer mentoring and/or hive maintenance visits as needed at your location. Private group mentoring and classes are also available in our apiary or yours. These services are $90 (local) – $120 an hour (additional $30 travel cost may apply depending on your location/travel distance).
Hive & Swarm Removal
We are dedicated to helping save HONEY BEES. If you have an unwanted hive or swarm, or would like to relocate a hive, we will safely move it to a more conducive location. Your safety and the health of the bees is of the utmost importance to us.
We're here to help you with all your beekeeping needs!
Examples of what we can help you with:
- Selecting the best location for honey bees on your property
- Installing new packages of bees
- Transferring wild colonies into proper bee boxes
- Swarm catches
- Troubleshooting problems with your colony
- Honey Harvests
- Routine Hive Inspections
- Requeening
- Aggressive colonies
- Correcting cross comb
- Making nucs or splits
- Post Mortem Analysis (if you lost your colony)
We find the personalized mentoring combined with classes is the best way to prepare yourself for success as a new and even intermediate beekeeper. This service is $90 (local) – $120 an hour (additional $30 travel cost may apply depending on your location/travel distance).
Beekeeping is an investment and there is no better way to protect your investment than by working with an experienced beekeeper to learn the skills needed. We offer a rotating menu of beginner and intermediate classes and much more.
Our chickens are growing...
We have chickens!
Starting this fall 2023 we will also have organic eggs for sale at our homestead stand!
We have over 20 years of experience
Ferreira Homestead & Apiary was founded 20+ years ago by Mr. Ferreira, a 3rd generation beekeeper and Mrs. Ferreira in Waterbury Connecticut and now relocated to Owensville Indiana where he continues a 100+ years family tradition dating back to Mr. Ferreira's European Portuguese roots. Mr. Ferreira is a certified master beekeeper and is currently enrolled in the prestigious Cornell University Master Beekeeper Program where he is working on his second MBC.
