Full-service beehive management for private residences & business CLients
Bucks County Bee Company is a family run business based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We provide full service beehive management within ~25 miles of Doylestown, PA where we install and manage beehives for residential and business clients. This way, you can enjoy your honeybees while a trained, state registered master beekeeper makes routinely scheduled visits to maintain your hive. In the process of contributing to the sustainability of the honeybee, the bees will pollinate flowers within a ~3 mile radius of your hive, and the added benefit that the hive and the local honey it produces belong to you. See our store page for further details.
Services & Products that we offer
We provide beehives for residential and commercial premises, beekeeping services, beekeeping lessons, consulting services, and micro-photography of your honey samples. Please use the contact link to get in touch with us for further details.
The beehive:
The beehive typically consists of the following:
Bees - Honeybee colony with queen
Stand - Two cinder blocks (also best for business rooftops)
Bottom board - This sits on top of the cinder blocks / stand
Deeps - Two deep wooden boxes that sit on top of the bottom board, where the honey bee colony lives and rear their brood
Supers - Two medium wooden boxes that sit on top of the deeps, where the honey bees store surplus honey
Inner cover - Sits on top of the supers and defines the top of the hive
Outer cover - Sits on top of the inner cover and protects the bees from the elements
Weight/strap - Strap (best for business roof tops) or brick to keep the outer cover from being dislodged by the wind
The beehive will be situated in a South facing location, ideally with a barrier behind the hive (e.g. trees, bushes, fence, shed, etc) and within a half mile of a water source.