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Hood Brook Apiary
Bee Sponsorship Programs
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Why are we beekeepers?
Honeybees and Other Pollinators are Crucial to Our Food Supply!
Honeybees need your help! Even if you can’t be a beekeeper, you can still play an important role in saving honeybees. By sponsoring a “package” of bees a “nuc” of bees, taking part in our Foster-a-Hive Program, or donating what you can, you help the ecosystem, our food supply, and give thousands of honeybees a safe home! We also plant wildflowers to help all pollinators such as Butterflies, Moths, Hummingbirds, and more! (And you get some honey for helping!)
- A colony of honeybees can contain 60,000 bees!
- 1 worker bee makes .083 of a teaspoon of honey in its life!
- A worker bee may visit up to 2,000 flowers per day!
Hood Brook Apiary
Services For
Aspiring to Experienced Beekeepers
Sponsors Can Tour The Apiary!
Any of our sponsors, those who sponsor a package or “nuc” of bees or who Foster-a-Hive, get 2 (Two) Apiary/Farm Tours. 1 (One) tour for each location.
By Appointment Only!
(Terms and Conditions Apply)
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Fun & Interesting Facts About Local, Raw, Honey
There are many benefits when you buy local, raw honey at the Farmer’s Market, State and County Fairs, or directly from Local Beekeepers. These benefits are for you, the beekeeper, and the bees themselves!
As for the honey itself, its benefits and uses are numerous!
Useful properties of honey
- Regulates metabolic processes
- increases immunity
- Honey improves blood composition
- Helps to cope with insomnia
- Gives energy to the body, restores strength
100% Raw Honey
Cemical Free Raw Honey Containing All The Godness Of Honey!
Since 2006
Healthy, Raw Honey that is chemical free!
Hood Brook Apiary NEVER uses treatments containing chemicals that aren’t natural and already occurring in the hive in low levels. Any treatments, if required, are carried out with FDA and Dept. of Agriculture-approved all-natural formulas.
We strain not filter, out honey to remove larger particles and debris suck as beeswax and parts. Filtering would remove tiny particles that are part of the healthy goodness of honey!
Sustainably Sourced
Natural Environment
Pure & Healthy
Testimonials
I’ve been a customer of Bob’s at Hood Brook Apiary for a couple of years now, and honestly, his honey is the best around. Local honey that is delicious and a great value – most other honey from the area is definitely pricier. I know that Bob takes excellent care of his hives and this is why we have sponsored a package of bees and donated to the Apiary this past year. My husband and I look forward to stocking up on honey every year. Hood Brook Apiary is the best kept secret in town for high quality affordable honey. I also love that Hood Brook is dedicated to teaching future generations and others who would like to learn about the bees and honey production. A small-town business with a big heart. 10/10 would recommend!
-Ashley Simpon
Pittsfield, ME
We Love Hood Brook Apiary!
I’m a Backyard gardener who used to live across from Bob and his bees before he moved to Maine. His bees found their way across the street to my gardens, and it was a match made in heaven! My flowers flourished during those years. Bob’s honey was the most delicious honey I ever tasted. Sadly, Bob moved to Maine and my flowers miss his bees! I do miss Bob’s honey so maybe I’ll have to visit his new Apiary in Maine!
- Di McClain – Lynn, MA
Loved Bob’s Bees & Honey
Fun Facts:
New England's
"Super Seven"
Essential Pollinators
Who are the pollinators? Invertebrates, particularly insects, are by far the most common animal pollinator species. New England has seven types of native pollinators — six insects and one vertebrate. I affectionately call these the “Super Seven”.
- BEES are perhaps the most well-known type of pollinator. Unlike honeybees, most bees are solitary, do not produce honey, and do not form large colonies.
- BUTTERFLIES pollinate many types of wildflowers as they feed on nectar. Butterflies seem to prefer flowers with “landing pads”; i.e., those that are flat-topped. Bees, in contrast, seem to prefer tall, spiky purple flowers.
Honeybees
Butterflies
Moths
Wasps
Some Flies
Some Beetles
Some Birds
