Back Forty Bees
  • Buy Bees
    • Package Bees
    • Queen Bees
    • Nucs
  • Assembled Hives
  • Bee Removal
  • Shop
  • Bee Educated
    • Blog
    • Getting Started in Beekeeping
    • Educational Resources
    • Invite me to speak
    • Build it yourself
  • Honey
  • Host Bees
  • Pollination
  • Contact
  • Buy Bees
    • Package Bees
    • Queen Bees
    • Nucs
  • Assembled Hives
  • Bee Removal
  • Shop
  • Bee Educated
    • Blog
    • Getting Started in Beekeeping
    • Educational Resources
    • Invite me to speak
    • Build it yourself
  • Honey
  • Host Bees
  • Pollination
  • Contact

About Back Forty Bees

Back Forty Bees, located in Williamsburg, VA, specializes in raw, chemical-free, high-quality honey, bees, and bee related products.  We are family owned, providing local Virginia raw honey, bees (local nucs and packages), equipment, and handcrafted hive-related products. Like many small apiaries, we started out with a few hives and have naturally grown over the years. 
March 2021 Package Pick Up
Directions and information on picking up your packages is available here. 
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My Story

Why I started in Beekeeping

Well, the short answer is, my wife would not let me have chickens!  I was looking for a new hobby and, after nixing chickens, my wife suggested bees.  I began researching them online, joined the local beekeepers association, met other beekeepers, bought some books, watched about 12,000 YouTube videos, and finally ordered some bees.  Since this all began I now make and  sell equipment, extract local honey, and raise honey bees for sale (nucs) in various out yards, and sell package bees every spring.

A local publication – Next Door Neighbors – featured me in a very nice article.  You can get to know a lot more about me in the article below. 

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