The Bees Knees

05/05/2026

04/15/2026

The Bees Knees is returning to the Catskill Farmers Market this year! Starting Memorial Day Weekend through October, Sundays, 10a-1p. Bee there and bee sweet!

04/13/2026

Would you like to feel as if you're a beekeeper without the time, tools, suits, wilderness travels, and honey bees? Well, we're not sure how its possible, but maybe this is the closest thing to it! Adopt-a-hive! Get to meet your new queen, see hive health, hear Jeff talk! What's better than that?? I will send you some honey from the hive no additional cost. I will stencil your name on the side "Ashley's Hive". You'll almost bee as cool as a beekeeper.

04/08/2026

Just had a great collaboration with Destination Backcountry Adventures today! Looking forward to bringing beekeeping and honey extraction classes/observations with their awesome, intriguing, beautiful eco-tourist group hiking tours.

If your company is looking for a retreat opportunity, reach out to Dave at Destination Backcountry Adventures and ask for the ones The Bees Knees is a part of!

04/08/2026

The Bees Knees returning to Coxsackie Farmer's Market for 2026! Tall Jeff, Bee Jeff, and Toddler Jeff bringing the sweetness!!

Riverside Festival September 19, 2026 (Tentative) 11:00 am – 10:00 pm-Fireworks at Dark Location: Riverside Park, Coxsackie, NY in the Historic Reed Street Area Come join us on Saturday, September 19th from 11am-10pm, with fireworks at dark. We are located on the beautiful Hudson River at Riversid...

04/06/2026

We found a number of frames from 2025 that we overlooked. They've been extracted and bottled. We have about 30 1 lb jars, 10 2 lb jars, 6 2.5 lb jars, and one 5 lb. jar. If anyone wants some, call my dad at 518 337-9238. If you're not too far, he might even deliver it. He also has some fresh Maple Syrup.

03/31/2026

Had an excellent first weekend in the hives from this winter. A bit late to the game, but the bees are doing amazingly. Nuc hive production in full force now! Honey production too, quite a few hives are sustaining both! Earliest I've put honey supers out.

Orders are in and capped. We are SOLD OUT on nucs for the year.

WE ARE ALSO OUT OF 2025 HONEY! I will not have any for the next 4-6 weeks, depending on the weather. NO BULK HONEY until June.

02/10/2026

Remember to order your Nucs for the year! We only have 10 left for our planned sales!

02/10/2026

Friends, we are OUT OF HONEY until April!

If any of the hives didn't survive the winter, we can collect some from there. Otherwise, it'll bee the end May before we can collect our earliest 2026 honey, Linden!