Preparing for Winter
This weekend, we got all our beehives buttoned up for winter. First, we’ve left each hive with three medium boxes full of honey and pollen to feed the bees until …
Tulip Tree is a Community Supported Apiary
Why Support Beekeeping?
Honey bees are threatened by pesticides, parasites, and disease.
Beekeepers are threatened by rising costs and colony collapse.
Bees (and beekeepers) need your help
Up to half of Indiana honey bee colonies die out each year. Small-scale beekeepers (like us) collaborate with scientists and commercial producers to save honey bees and native pollinators. But we need your help.
Why the tulip tree?
The tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, is the state tree of Indiana, our home state. It’s bright yellow flowers are an important source of nectar for honeybees, and a sign that the summer honey flow has begun!
You Can Help #SaveTheBees
Sponsor a Beehive
Name a Frame
Name a Frame
We’ll ship you a new honeycomb frame. Write your name and a note of encouragement to the bees, and send it back to be added to an active colony.
Build a Bee Box
Build a Bee Box
You’ll receive a “medium super” to assemble and paint with your own unique design. Ship it back and we’ll add it to an active colony. A great project with the kids!
Contribute a Colony
Contribute a Colony
Start a new honeybee colony in our apiary by underwriting a three-pound package of bees. This is our top-level of beehive sponsorship.
Honey is Precious. Thank the Bees!
One Pound of Honey =
22,700
Worker Bees
55,000
Miles Flown
2,600,000
Flowers Visited
.083
Teaspoons per Bee Life
Our Community-Supported Apiary
Meet our Team
Jeanne the Beekeeper
Jeanne is a first-grade teacher.
John the Beekeeper
John works full-time in Fort Wayne.
Sponsors like You
No, we won't make you work the hives!The buzz about our bees
Beehive Updates and Apiary News
Read our Newsletter!
Have you read the Tulip Tree Beekeeper’s Weekly? Each week, we’ll send you honey recipes, gardening ideas, beekeeping tips, and news about pollinators. Click here to get started.
Thermal Images of Bee Hives in Winter
In winter, honey bees cluster together for warmth. They shiver their wing muscles to generate enough heat to keep the queen warm at the center of the colony — between …