"As Organic as the Government will allow"
I know my bees behavior/health by sound, smell and movement and even rarely need to use a smoker to calm them down. I never introduce chemicals into their home. I am zen with my bees.
Since honey bees travel in search of flowers for their food supply, we can not promise that all farms, gardens and lawns in the area are chemical free. As a matter of fact urban centers are known for overusing pesticides so that the nitrate level is 40 to 60% stronger than is needed to the kill weeds for that manicured lawn.
Despite the behavior of other people, Bee Mindful has averaged only 20 percent colony deaths per year. Given that the industry average is as high as 45.5% and we have been raising our bees in Iowa, which is considered a chemical death zone. We look forward to our results in Rhode Island as we expand our business to New England.
OUR BEST PRACTICES
Cross Breeding our Bees
Cross Breeding our Bees
Cross Breeding our Bees
- Years of practice and experience have given me the knowledge to breed our way around the need to use chemicals in the hives.
- By cross and line breeding our own stock, I have created a bee more resistant to varroa mites, diseases and can withstand the colder temperatures.
Naturalize our lands
Cross Breeding our Bees
Cross Breeding our Bees
- We have been naturalizing our property/environment by creating areas of natural grasses, wild flowers, etc.
- The result is more interesting to the eye and gives us more time to do other things instead of mowing.
- And most importantly it provides more food for the pollinator.
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Cross Breeding our Bees
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
- Our honey jars are always glass.
- Glass preserves the quality and flavor of raw honey. Raw honey can crystalize and to return it to liquid requires the jar be heated. Heating plastic can introduce chemicals into your honey.
- Come see us to REFILL your jar.
- Please recycle.
Composting
Friends and Family
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
- We "make" our own dirt by combining our non-meat food scrapes, coffee grinds and egg shells with our abundant supply of leaves and weeds. With a little help from the rain and oxygen we produce soil rich in nutrients.
- Our soil is loaded with worms that create tunnels for water and nutrients to reach the roots of our plants and flowers. More efficient than even organic fertilizer.
- We turned our barren gravel yard into a lush land now bursting with plants, bees, butterflies and birds.
Land Restoration
Friends and Family
Friends and Family
- Improving the ecosystem through mine reclamation and prairie restoration is a top priority for us.
- In Iowa we work with Greene County and Carroll County Conservation and the White Rock Conservancy.
- In Rhode Island we have partnered with the Westerly Land Trust.
- We are currently rehabilitating former farm land for our honey comb production. This includes planting lots of native plants for all our the friendly pollinators to come feast on.
Friends and Family
Friends and Family
Friends and Family
- We treat all our customers, members of the community like friends and family. We recognize that you are core to our successful.
- We partner with people and companies that share our values and can in turn nurture each other.
