Beaver Island Apiaries

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An apiary is a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially a place where bees are raised for their honey. Honey bees forage for nectar and pollen sources to produce some of the world's finest products. The beekeepers at Beaver Island Apiaries have learned honey bee behavior to create a mutually acceptable working environment. This includes hive boxes protected from high winds situated on the edge of cedar forests and fields full of Michigan wildflowers. We are located on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, 18 miles offshore from the mainland. Our beehives are tucked away on the northeast corner of East Side Drive and Pebble Beach Drive, one mile south of Welke Airport.

The honey bee works 24/7 to produce many raw ingredients found in our Beaver Island Apiaries' products. Look for them in Spring, Summer and Fall of 2008.

Our honey bees survived their first winter on Beaver Island. Look for the Beaver Island Apiaires' truck on the Island (maybe at the Wilke Airport Parking area), or stop at Heidi's Greenhouse on Paid En Og Road or the Toy Museum in St. James. Feel free to open the back cap window and pay for a jar of honey or other items. If you want items not found in the truck, let us know and we can deliver them to you on the Island.

If you are a teacher and would like to learn how the study of the honey bee and the study of beekeeping can help your students meet many of the benchmarks in the Michigan Curriculum Frameworks, go to theMichigan Department of Educationwebsite to see objectives by grade band and subject area.

  • Premium White Star-thistle Honey (quart, pint, half-pint)
  • 100% Pure Amber Honey (quart, pint, half-pint)
  • Old-fashioned Comb Honey (pint)
  • Bee Smooth Skin Cream (natural, almond)
  • Healing Hand Balm (natural, rosemary, rosewood)
  • Lip Balm (natural, apple, peach, red punch, tangerine, sassafras)
  • Pure Beeswax Candles (6", 9", 15")
  • Honey-wine Vinaigrette (12 oz.)
  • 14 Flavored Honeys (half-pints)
  • Email for a current price list. We will see you on the Island!
Beaver Island Apiaries looks forward to providing you with all your bee yard products. We won ten ribbons ribbons at the 2007 Michigan State Fair.
Email us to find out how you can purchase our products. We will see you soon!
Stop by when you visit Beaver Island this year.

Honey contains about 17% water.

Honey bees are brown and black.
Honey bees communicate.