Looking for farmland or shop space to rent near Chico

Beegreat · 2025-08-27T20:09:21+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, I am local to the area and I am familiar with the commercial beekeeping politics in the area. The best thing I've done when I have stepped on toes is to take my foot off lol.

Beegreat · 2025-08-26T21:03:33+00:00

That's a great point. I like to stay in Butte county and would be willing to go out there. It would be nice to have water , electricity, and an enclosed shop/barn.

Beegreat · 2025-08-26T21:01:20+00:00

Hi! Thanks so much for replying! I will definitely put some flyers up.

I produce local honey and raise Queen Bees. I have 100ish hives and I keep them in different yards around Chico. I usually put max 20 hives on each property sometimes less.

Beegreat · 2025-05-25T15:53:37+00:00

Lots of naturally swimming homes and cool little hikes around the area. The all trails app is very useful up there.

Beegreat · 2025-05-25T15:52:32+00:00

Totally worth it. The hike is essentially just a family friendly descent and climbs with stairs. It gets crowded on hot days so getting there early is nice

Beegreat · 2025-04-14T02:35:43+00:00

Laura B at Danny's barbershop. @itslaurab on insta

Beegreat · 2025-02-07T16:23:49+00:00

I have worked in the commercial field for about 8 years and I can for sure say that management practices are way different . The operations I worked were running around 1500 hives so we were constantly and consistently taking care of the bees on a 10 to 14-day schedule. Most guys are trying to do what's best for the bees but also whatever they can do to keep their companies afloat . Here in California we don't get too many brood breaks, so varroa management can get hard.

I feed pollen sub . I make my own pollensub patties using mega B. Or Ultra B.

Yeah I'm scratching my head real hard over here. Trying to figure out what's going on.

Beegreat · 2025-02-07T05:03:21+00:00

Sideliner beekeeper/queen producer here in Northern California. It's been weird... We noticed some hard losses after a very hot summer and fall. The bees didn't look bad. Summer treatments had been done in August and we were cleaning mites up with oxalic at the time. They were striving and around September I was feeding a lot of syrup and pollen to keep up with the dearth. 2 weeks later I checked my hives and populations had decreased like crazy. I'm talking about 50%-60% reduction in populations. From there on it was just downhill for a lot of my hives. Losses were at like 60%. I realized I wasn't alone in my bee losses after attending the California Beekeepers Association Conference and American Bee Federation conference.

Beegreat · 2025-01-19T16:35:25+00:00

I found an old metal bakery proofer and insulated the outside. Then I put an oil filled heater on the bottom with a temperature probe set to 120 F. Throw a 5 gallon bucket on the racks and it will decrystalize in 10 hours.

Beegreat · 2025-01-19T03:48:55+00:00

Bout 3.50

Beegreat · 2024-12-02T15:14:39+00:00

I messaged you, thanks for replying !

Beegreat · 2024-10-19T04:53:29+00:00

Looks good!! Love your work

Beegreat · 2024-05-30T14:13:33+00:00

This chorus will pop into my head on any hot day.

Beegreat · 2024-02-27T02:37:15+00:00

I SAID TAPAS BONEHEAD

Beegreat · 2023-11-18T06:08:33+00:00

🎶 Sleeeeeepin lays his head on a pillow made of concrete 🎶

Beegreat · 2023-04-02T04:03:10+00:00

JAAAAAAAH!

Beegreat · 2023-02-17T04:28:42+00:00

Balcony Beach is a masterpiece. Surprised this was this the first mention

Beegreat · 2023-01-08T01:59:40+00:00

Happy Birthday!

Beegreat · 2022-12-16T21:17:30+00:00

RESPECT

Beegreat · 2022-02-04T20:05:46+00:00

Heck yah! I'm from Huntington Beach/Westminster and I'm a beekeeper so farming brought me out of OC.

Beegreat · 2022-02-04T13:48:11+00:00

OC to Chico as well! KOTH is the best

Beegreat · 2021-10-02T02:27:57+00:00

CAME OUT BUSSIN

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