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, packages, and hosted hives), 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.