Spring 2025 Packages - Ordering available now!

We will have two pickups this year - in March and in April.    
Note, this year I am producing a limited number of nucs and they will all be Quick Start Combos to help new beekeepers. 

Local Honey Available!

Great news! Our Williamsburg local honey crop has been harvested, bottled, and is ready for you to take home!  Experience the pure goodness of our local honey for just $20 per 1-pound bottle.

Place your order online and pick it up anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  We’ll have your order ready for grab-and-go service on the porch.  Or, if you would rather, come by and pay cash or credit in person.
Honey Pickup Location: 304 Back Forty Loop, Williamsburg VA 23188
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Back Forty Bees at one of our local farmer's market.

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. 

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.