T & C Bee Co.

Spending the day in the bee yard! Making nucs (small 5 frame nucleus colonies) and adding in our grafted queens! 👸 🐝

We are market ready! Come see us at Farmers Market of the Ozarks for Spring Kickoff 8-1 and kid vending day 🐝🍯 we are directly across from the Aviary. See you soon 🌼

Happy Valentine’s Day! We are spending it at Farmers Market of the Ozarks ❤️ come see us from 9-1 and enjoy a market filled with love and take your own cute picture with the opossums!

Come see us Saturday! This will be our final market at Farmers Market of the Ozarks and while we are incredibly sad about that, we are glad to spend it on a day all about love. ❤️ We have loved the community market has allowed us to build and will have Valentines ready to hand out. See you there 🐝❤️

Validation Day is this Saturday at Farmers Market of the Ozarks!

Love is for everyone! Whether you've asked you're crush to be your valentine, you're hanging out with friends, or you are focusing on self love, the Farmers Market is the perfect place to go for a Valentine's Day date! We'll have a photo area, festive crafts, and of course, TONS of local vendors for you to shop with! We'll see you at Farmers Park from 9am to 1pm this Saturday, February 14th!

A few years ago we inherited bee hive boxes that belonged to Christina’s Great Grandpa Cody. They were in rough shape and well loved but we had a vision to bring them back to life and incorporate them into our product display. Today they made their debut and we couldn’t happier with how it turned out. Love getting to have a price of family history supporting our business (literally). Stop by the Ozarks Farm Stop to see it in person ❤️🐝🍯

What’s new in the hive? Long post ahead…Skip to the pictures if you want the snapshot.

The bees: During this cold winter wonderland we are experiencing the bees are clustering. Most who are unfamiliar with bees assume they hibernate like bears but in reality bees group together around the queen and any remaining brood (babies) and vibrate their flight muscles to create heat. They are in constant motion whether vibrating their flight muscles to keep the cluster warm, moving from the inside of the cluster out to rotate the work amongst worker bees or gathering food, each one has a job to do that helps get them through these cold winter months. I’m adding a podcast link in the comments if you want to learn more!

Us: We’ve been busy too! This month started with a trip to The North American Honeybee Expo (NAHBE). This was our second year attending and it didn’t disappoint. If you’ve already said to yourself “that sounds nerdy”, you’ve hit the nail on the head. Beekeeping researchers and scientists from around the world sharing their work and how it relates to us as the everyday beekeeper. Some of that was exciting, some scary, and some just fascinating to walk away with, not to mention to expo part with supply vendors galore! Check out the pictures for our great finds, beekeeping legends, and honey from around the world we got in a honey swap. We can’t wait to see what this year has in store and are excited to continue to grow, educate and provide a healthy alternative for your skin.