BG Bees LLC is your complete beekeeping outfitter and education center for the the Columbia Gorge. We stock a full line of beekeeping supplies from woodenware, protective clothing, varroa mite treatments and small hive beetle controls as well as 3lb. package bees and five frame medium NUCS.

Are you considering venturing into beekeeping? Let’s us help combine your style and purpose with the necessary equipment. Often the new beekeepers loads up on ‘stuff’ only to find later they should have purchased different a incompatible style. Not only will we align your needs and aspirations but will be there to propel your apiary into success!

How Do We Differ?

We strive to provide more than a store front. Community education through our Honey Infused Lunches coupled with an Apiary Tour, Beekeeping Classes from beginner to advanced, personalized hive inspections, and much more.

It is impossible for a small store, such as BG Bees LLC, to support a storeroom full of our products, but we strive to please. Let us know what you are seeking in the way of beekeeping clothing, protective gear, hive products, or disease or pest control items. We will work with you to find the right one for you bringing it to your doorstep.

Honey Bee Fun Facts

• Workers weigh over 121 mg.
• The brain of a worker bee is about a cubic millimeter but has the densest neuropile tissue of any animal.
• A bee gorged with 30 mg of honey can fly 34 miles.
• Bees fly 1.2 to 2.5 miles and a maximum of 6 miles away from the hive.

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Apiary Experience May 2019

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