Zeb's Bees LLC
Updated April 2019 --
Zeb and Sarah have temporarily stopped beekeeping to focus on our growing family. We are currently out of honey, and recommend you visit the Colonial Beekeepers Association web page, or any other local beekeepers associations near you. These local beekeeper associations often list beekeepers who have enough honey to sell.
Please understand that honey bees make most of their honey between April and June, the "honey flow". There is a secondary honey flow in late Summer and early Fall, but it carries different pollen from that of Spring honey. Very few beekeepers keep honey from the prior year to sell in early Spring, when pollen season starts up.
Unprocessed local honey will often crystalize. The honey is just as good as liquid honey, and it will re-liquify if you heat it up. (leave it in a hot car or put the container in warm/hot water, but not boiling water.)
Beekeeping is hard work, and 'cheap' honey is usually not local to the Hampton Roads area. If you want truly local honey, then get to know your beekeeper. Learn about their hives, and expect to pay a premium for truly local honey.
One way to guarantee you are getting local honey, is to start beekeeping yourself. If you are interested, join your local beekeeping association and participate in their monthly meetings and training events.
Thank you for your support through the years. We look forward to beekeeping again once our children older.
Sincerely,
Zeb and Sarah
Zeb's Bees LLC provides local Wildflower Honey to the Virginia Peninsula residents of Newport News, Hampton, York County, Williamsburg, and surrounding communities.
Having pollen allergies since he was a kid, and in need of a new hobby, Zeb picked up on beekeeping in 2010 after attending an introductory beekeeping course presented by the Tidewater Beekeepers Association. This year, his bees produced enough honey to share with neighbors.
Zeb’s beehives are all natural. He uses no chemicals to help with beehive nuisances. Purchased Nematodes are put in the soil to combat the small hive beetle, a common pest to Virginia beehives. His colonies are descendants of the queens obtained from Sustainable Honeybee Program of Loudon County Virginia. These bees are selectively bred for hygienic qualities and natural disease resistance. They are excellent at combating the varroa mite and are acclimated for Virginia.
The beehives are located in a neighborhood near Todd’s Stadium in Newport News, VA. This may not seem like an ideal place for beekeeping, but it is! The bees feed from flowers in the nearby neighborhoods and help the gardens grow. Since there are no commercial farms in the area, there are essentially no farming pesticides for the bees to get into. The bees work areas from Menchville High School to the Mariners Museum. They travel to the banks of the James River and even reach Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton. These are local bees who claim these neighborhoods as their home. This is your honey. Enjoy.
Visit us on Facebook for current pictures and videos of Zeb's Bees. facebook.com/zebsbees
If you call ______ Sarah or Zeb will answer. If we are unable to answer, please leave a message and we will call back as soon as possible.
We delivery locally!
Zeb and Sarah have temporarily stopped beekeeping to focus on our growing family. We are currently out of honey, and recommend you visit the Colonial Beekeepers Association web page, or any other local beekeepers associations near you. These local beekeeper associations often list beekeepers who have enough honey to sell.
Please understand that honey bees make most of their honey between April and June, the "honey flow". There is a secondary honey flow in late Summer and early Fall, but it carries different pollen from that of Spring honey. Very few beekeepers keep honey from the prior year to sell in early Spring, when pollen season starts up.
Unprocessed local honey will often crystalize. The honey is just as good as liquid honey, and it will re-liquify if you heat it up. (leave it in a hot car or put the container in warm/hot water, but not boiling water.)
Beekeeping is hard work, and 'cheap' honey is usually not local to the Hampton Roads area. If you want truly local honey, then get to know your beekeeper. Learn about their hives, and expect to pay a premium for truly local honey.
One way to guarantee you are getting local honey, is to start beekeeping yourself. If you are interested, join your local beekeeping association and participate in their monthly meetings and training events.
Thank you for your support through the years. We look forward to beekeeping again once our children older.
Sincerely,
Zeb and Sarah
Zeb's Bees LLC provides local Wildflower Honey to the Virginia Peninsula residents of Newport News, Hampton, York County, Williamsburg, and surrounding communities.
Having pollen allergies since he was a kid, and in need of a new hobby, Zeb picked up on beekeeping in 2010 after attending an introductory beekeeping course presented by the Tidewater Beekeepers Association. This year, his bees produced enough honey to share with neighbors.
Zeb’s beehives are all natural. He uses no chemicals to help with beehive nuisances. Purchased Nematodes are put in the soil to combat the small hive beetle, a common pest to Virginia beehives. His colonies are descendants of the queens obtained from Sustainable Honeybee Program of Loudon County Virginia. These bees are selectively bred for hygienic qualities and natural disease resistance. They are excellent at combating the varroa mite and are acclimated for Virginia.
The beehives are located in a neighborhood near Todd’s Stadium in Newport News, VA. This may not seem like an ideal place for beekeeping, but it is! The bees feed from flowers in the nearby neighborhoods and help the gardens grow. Since there are no commercial farms in the area, there are essentially no farming pesticides for the bees to get into. The bees work areas from Menchville High School to the Mariners Museum. They travel to the banks of the James River and even reach Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton. These are local bees who claim these neighborhoods as their home. This is your honey. Enjoy.
Visit us on Facebook for current pictures and videos of Zeb's Bees. facebook.com/zebsbees
If you call ______ Sarah or Zeb will answer. If we are unable to answer, please leave a message and we will call back as soon as possible.
We delivery locally!
