Farm Tours
Fireweed honey is made in the clear mountain air.
Science shows that people sleep better when they eat honey before bedtime.
Farm Tours
Bees were one of the first animals that humans domesticated and started farming. Nowadays, one third of the food on your table needs bees to help produce it. Bees play an enormous part in people's lives even if they don't eat honey. Beekeeping is part art and part science and takes a long time to master. Only after you've opened thousands of hives do you really know what's going on inside. We know all about bees and can show you the interesting things that go on in a beehive without the risk of getting stung!
Tours start at the Observation Hive, a wall of over 50,000 bees. Don't worry! These bees are behind glass and can't sting you. You can watch the fascinating ways the bees dance to communicate with each other where to find the best honey. You can also try to find the single queen bee among all the worker bees. If you are lucky you can see her laying eggs in the honeycomb while her attendants surround her. During the spring and summer you can also see drones, hanging about doing nothing, as usual.
Have a look around the place
Try our virtual tour! Select a scene from the drop down menu on the upper right, then use your mouse to look around. You can also move from scene to scene by clicking on the squares.
