We Save Bees!
Beverly Bees makes award winning micro batch honey, handmade 100% pure beeswax candles and organic beeswax skin care from our organic and sustainably managed hives located across Massachusetts. Honey from each hive is spun and bottled separately allowing you to taste the unique flavors of that region. Our micro batch process allows each bottle of honey to be traced back to the individual hive that made it. 
Our local Massachusetts honey and honey comb won Five Good Food Awards – Two 2021 Good Food Awards, one 2020 Good Food Award and Two 2019 Good Food Awards. These national awards are for taste and sustainable beekeeping methods. Our honey and honey comb was chosen by a blind tasting with 262 judges and over 2000 entries across 16 categories. We also won the Best of North Shore Readers Choice Award for Natural Foods BONS2020 and Artisan Flavor Flave awards in 2019.
Our Handcrafted 100% Pure Beeswax Candles are handmade by us with local beeswax. Our 100% pure beeswax candles burn slower, drip less, and burn brighter than other types of candles. They are the healthiest candle you can burn.
Our Organic Beeswax Lip Balms, Lotions & Salves are handmade by us in small batches with all organic ingredients and our own local beeswax.
We Save Bees, with our bee removal services, rescuing them from extermination! We work hard every day to save bees. We rehabilitate, care for and maintain these hives in pesticide free locations across Massachusetts where they pollinate our landscape, protecting our environment and local food supply. To date we have saved over 15,000,000 bees!
We also sell honey bees, mason bees, farm fresh eggs from our organic fed free range chickens and our own hand raised and chicks and pullets.
100% Pure beeswax candles burn slower than other types of candles. Beeswax burns brighter, cleaner and purifies the air as it burns. Beeswax candles are the cleanest candle you can buy. As the beeswax burns it releases negative ions which trap dust and debris in the air, making your air cleaner – a great candle for allergy suffers. Beeswax does not smoke when it burns and has a pleasant honey aroma. We do not scent our candles, the candle smells this way because that is how the bees made it! The honey aroma is added naturally by the bees that make the wax.
Beeswax candles have been highly prized since ancient times. Honey bees, long regarded as models of industry and purity, make their wax from the nectar of flowers. Our beeswax candles are handcrafted by our beekeepers who are caring for bees. Our candles are 100% pure beeswax with solid cotton wicks. We use only 100% pure beeswax from local beehives. Pure beeswax candles with their delightful sweet fragrance burn longer, more cleanly, and give off more light than other wax candles. Enjoy the warm ambiance and sweet honey aroma of your candle as it naturally purifies the air as it burns. No container is needed to burn your candle as beeswax drips less than other candles and burns ups it burns. Simply put your candle on a plate or candle holder.Pure beeswax may develop a film called bloom which can easily be removed by buffing with a soft cloth. Trim wick to 1/4” before burning.
Warning: Do Not leave burning candle unattended, keep away from children, keep burning candles away from fans & drafts.
How To Install Package Bees in a Top Bar Hive by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com If you want to install package bees in a top bar hive, read on. If you are installing package bees in a Langstroth hive, please read How To Install Package Bees In A Langstroth Hive. […]
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How To Install Package Bees in a Langstroth Hive by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com If you want to install package bees into a langstroth hive, read on. Instructions for installing bees into a top bar hive can be found here. Preparing to Install Package Bees – Be ready when your […]
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Laying Workers by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com When a hive goes hopelessly queenless and brood production ceases, after a period of time the hive may develop Laying Workers. Laying workers are just what they sound like, worker bees who lay eggs. The problem is these worker bees never went on […]
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How to Autopsy a Honey Bee Colony By Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com So your hive died, now what do you do? The first thing to do after you discover a dead hive is to autopsy a honey bee colony and look for signs of disease, varroa and anything else you […]
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How To Wire A Frame For Beginners by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com When you are using wax foundation in your hive, after your assemble the frame and before you install the foundation, you need to prepare your frame by wiring it. Wiring the frame gives the wax strength and support, […]
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How To Assemble A Frame For Beginners by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com There are many different types of frames you can use in your beehive depending on your hive configuration and what you are trying to achieve. This article describes how to assemble a Wedge Top Bar / Grooved Bottom […]
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How to paint a beehive for beginner beekeepers. by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com Painting a beehive is simple if you remember this basic principle. Paint the outside and leave the inside where the bees live unpainted. While it is not necessary to paint your hive and some people choose not […]
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How to assemble a bee hive box or super. by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com Assembling a bee hive box is a breeze if you are handy. It’s even simple for those of us (like me) who are somewhat “tool challenged”. This post will describe how to put together a super […]
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by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com An unassembled bee hive can be overwhelming to a beginner beekeeper, but don’t worry it’s not as complicated as it looks. Beekeeping supply shops sell hive parts piecemeal as well as both assembled and unassembled bee hive kits. You can usually save a little bit […]
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A beginner beekeeper’s guide to the parts of a beehive. by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com There are many different types of beehives and hive configurations that beekeepers use. I’m going to talk about the most common type of hive, which is called the 10 frame Langstroth beehive. The picture above […]
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by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com All this “Sugar, Sugar” better lead to more honey in the spring. Before Christmas, I made a candy board for my hive following instructions from Southeastern Indiana Beekeepers Association. Days later, I installed the candy board without following all the directions. Here’s what I did. […]
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by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com Winter has arrived and the girls are hungry! Time to make a Candyboard for Winter feeding. Buy a candy board frame here! In the midst of all my running around, cooking and baking for the holidays, the family members I could not yet forget about […]
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage: A Heater For Bees!
by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com
A native plant that creates its own heat, Eastern Skunk Cabbage provides pollen, shelter and warmth for foraging bees.
Snowdrops: Winter Forage For Bees
by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com
An easy to grow bulbous perennial, Snowdrops provide both a Nectar and Pollen source for bees and native pollinators in late winter and early spring when other food may still be very hard to find.
Crocus: Early Spring Forage For Bees
by Anita Deeley at BeverlyBees.com
A low maintenance bulbous perennial, Crocuses are one of the first Pollen sources available to bees in early to mid spring.
