Detroit Beekeeping Supplies

Growing and shipping healthy and chemical-free bees is our passion and we proudly serve customers in the Detroit, Michigan region. Detroit is the largest city in the Midwest and is famous for many things, including the murals painted alongside the Diego River, being the birthplace of Motown Records, and offering family-friendly activities such as the Henry Ford Museum, Belle Isle Park, and Comerica Park. It’s no surprise that beekeeping has been growing in the State of Michigan since the early 1900s.

Mountain Sweet Honey Company is dedicated to offering our Detroit customers superior honey bees, beekeeping supplies, and winning customer service. Our apiaries are in the beautiful northeast Georgia mountains, and we ship package bees on a weekly schedule from mid-March to May. Whether you’re an experienced beekeeper or just starting out, we have all the resources you need to build and maintain a successful beehive.

Detroit, Michigan Starter Beekeeping Supplies Kit

Beekeeping Supplies in Detroit, Michigan

Whether you are a beginner or an expert beekeeper, we offer a complete line of beekeeping supplies.  Our beekeeping supplies include hive tools, extractors, and protective clothing which are essential for beekeeping.  Our beekeeping supplies also include 8-frame or 10-frame hive bodies, frames, foundation, screen or solid bottom boards, and telescopic covers. We have all the bee health essentials for honey bees.  If you’re a beginner, we offer first-year hive kits that have all the necessary equipment for a successful and productive beehive.                                         

Keeping our prices affordable while offering top-quality, organic-friendly supplies is important to us.  We offer free shipping on orders more than $150. (Select items not included.)

You can also find bee health items in our shop including essential oils (tea tree, lemongrass), pollen, mite treatments, and supplements.

About Mountain Sweet Honey

Located in the wonderful north Georgia Mountains, Mountain Sweet Honey Company started as a small hobby and has grown into a productive full-time business. We started selling honey bees and a few beekeeping items in our second year of business and we now ship honeybees across the U.S. and offer a full line of beekeeping supplies. Our focus has always been to provide chemical-free bees, and that remains the same.

We strongly believe in our purpose, which is to offer high-quality bees and beekeeping supplies, offer knowledgeable advice to beekeepers, and to always execute our orders with outstanding customer service.

In 2017, Mountain Sweet Honey Company became the #1 shipper of honey bees in the mid-west. Our growth over the years is largely due to loyal repeat customers, our understanding the logistics of shipping honey bees, and the dedicated employees who helped make this growth possible.

If you’re an expert beekeeper, just starting out, or if you’re just interested in learning more about what it takes to be a beekeeper, contact us today at (706) 886-1322 and our customer service representatives are ready to assist you.

Related cities
Beekeepers Association in the State of Michigan
Center Of Michigan Beekeepers
Southeastern Michigan Beekeepers Association
Michigan Beekeeper’ Association
Kalamazoo, MI Bee Club
Grand Rapids, MI Area Beekeepers
Bees In The D Beekeeper Association in Detroit, MI
FAQ

For beekeeping in winter couple of things to consider. A beekeeper should take care of the bees, Give Them a Wind Breaker, take care of the beehive, cover them, and feed them well. It’s recommended to take advice from a mentor about the situation. You will get to know the details about this by taking help from the mentor.

In Michigan, if you take all the honey from a colony, then you must provide enough food for them to winter. A typical colony will need from 70 to 100 pounds of honey to make it through winter. This translates to one deep super of honey plus three to four deep frames in the lower box.

Choosing quality bees is sometimes challenging. You will find many online stores from where you can buy bees. We recommend joining a Beekeeping accusation from where you can get the desired information. Here below are some Beekeepers Association in the State of Michigan
  • Bees In The D Beekeeper Association in Detroit, MI.
  • Grand Rapids, MI Area Beekeepers.
  • Mid Michigan Beekeeper’s Club in Lansing, MI.
  • Kalamazoo, MI Bee Club.
  • Michigan Beekeeper’ Association.
  • Southeastern Michigan Beekeepers Association.
  • Center Of Michigan Beekeepers.

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