Berrywick Apiary

Honey and bee farm located in Nakina North Carolina

  • Telling The Bees

    Telling The Bees

    Most southern traditions have roots buried deep from folklore and word of mouth passed down from generations past.  One of those long told tales is called “Telling the Bees”.  No one knows for sure where this tradition came from, but like most of our spoken folklore, they came from Europe and parts nearby. Legend claims…

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  • Swarms

    Swarms

    It’s swarm season!! Each year, bees want to make more bees. Workers will create a new queen by feeding fertilized larva royal jelly. While a new queen is being formed, the old queen will exit the hive and about half the bees will leave with her. We call this a swarm. Then a cloud of…

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  • Welcome

    Welcome to our new website. Updates are coming soon.

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