Beekind booklet

Welcome to our beautiful beekind honey store where honey is pure, raw, natural and pesticide free.

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“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”

—Victor Hugo

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Contents

Bee Friendly Plants

Honey

Packages

More products

Classes

Bees and Supplies

About

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About Beekind is owned and operated by Doug and Katia Vincent.

Doug is a hardworking and generous man with a love and admiration for bees. He has been beekeeping for almost a decade, and is always more than willing to talk about bees for hours on end.

Katia is a creative and kind entrepreneur with big dreams and a bigger heart. She makes many of our handmade goods, including our treasured Lavender Infused Honey.

Katia and Doug followed their dreams and opened Beekind in August of 2004. They worship bees, and are active members of both the Sonoma County Beekeepers Associate and Partners for Sustainable Pollination.

Locations 921 Gravenstein Hwy S./Hwy 116 Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-824-2905 Hours: Mon–Sat 10AM – 6PM Sun 10AM – 4PM We are located on Hwy 116, right next to Foster’s Freeze and Starbucks.

One Ferry Building Suite 21B (Right across from Peet’s Coffee & Tea) San Francisco, CA 94111 4153078682 Hours: Mon– Fri 9AM –7PM Sat 8AM – 6PM Sun 10AM –5PM

01 Pure Creamed Honey Raspberry Creamed Honey Cinnamon Creamed Honey

Italian Acacia Italian Chestnut

Italian Heather Italian Sulla Manuka

Italian Acacia & Hot Pepper Italian Acacia & Saffron

03 Medical professionals around the world are having excellent results with the treatment of wounds, skin ulcers, and severe burns.

Our Manuka honey is imported from New Zealand from small farms supporting the local farmers.

It is UMF 15+

Bay Area Honey

Italian Sunflower

Imported Honey

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Manuka Honey

Creamed Honey

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Honey

04 San Francisco Bay Area Wildflower Marin County Wildflower Sebastopol Wildflower Sunnyvale Wildflower

Honey with Pollen and Royal Jelly

Capay Valley Wildflower

Italian Truffle

Bolinas Eucalyptus Redwood Forest Honeydew Sebastopol Blackberry Sonoma Mountain Starthistle California Orange Blossom

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Lavender Love Infusion Chai High Infusion Rosemary Bliss Infusion

Honeysticks

Infusion Honey

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Italian Acacia & Saffron Italian Acacia & Hot Pepper Italian Truffle

Tupelo Buckwheat Raspberry

Honeysticks are the perfect way to enjoy honey on the go.

Keep a few at the office for your coffee, or pack them in school lunches for afternoon energy boosts to get your kids through the day.

08 Local Wildflower Sampler Regional Varietal Sampler Infusion Honey Sampler

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Meadowfoam

Honey Comb

Bluberry

Chunk Honey

Holly Berry Sweet Clover

Honey Comb

Oregon Blackberry

Honey Sampler Set

American Honey

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Baskets start at $15 for a few items.

We can also design a basket to fit your desired price point.

04 Barlow Lane Lavender Lotion Propolis Healing Salve

Body Care

01 We offer custom gift baskets for individuals, and on large scales for corporate gifts, weddings, etc.

Gift Baskets

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More Products Barlow Lane Lavender Essential Oil Rupams’s Swedish Bitters Rupam’s Calendula Salve Naked Bee Colored Lip Balm Golden Silk Breast Cream

Honey Roasted Nuts Honey Cinnamon Roasted Nuts Honey Balsamic Vinegar

Food & Treats

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Honey Taffys

Propolis & Manuka Lozenges La Vulva Pleasure Cream Manuka Honey Moon Valley Herbal Lip Balm Lavender Chamomile Honey Soap Bee Venom Ointment

Honey Chocolate Truffles

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The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum

Inverted Glass Honey Pot Le Cruset Honey Pot Acrylic Honey Pot Old Fashion Honey Pot Honey Dippers

Books

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Honey White Vinega

Better Beekeeping by Kim Flottum The Honey Handbook by Kim Flottum Beekeeping in Coasal California by Jeremy R. Rose The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm Urban Beekeeping by Craig Hughes

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Represent your favorite honey and beekeeping supply shop with these super soft, organic cotton T-shirts.

California made T-shirts are screen printed right in Sebastopol by Farm Fresh Clothing Co. These well fitting, well washing shirts are available in men’s and women’s shapes.

Rupams’s Swedish Bitters Rupam’s Calendula Salve Propolis Healing Salve Propolis & Manuka Lozenges Manuka Honey

Medicinal Products

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Bee Venom Ointment

Flower Votive Holder Menorah Metal Taper Drawer

Candle Holders

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Glowing Jewel Cups Glass Tealite Holder

Fresh California Bee Pollen Dried Pollen

Bee Pollen

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Personalized Wedding Flavors

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Organic Cotton T-Shirts

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Honey is a beautiful representation of a lasting union. Made from the nectar of flowers and transformed by the Honeybee, honey is the only food that lasts forever. The sweetness will please your guests, and a personalized message can celebrate your union.

The honey can be custom labeled with Gold, Silver or Craft Paper. A small honey dipper, candle or other treat can accompany the honey jar in a plastic or cloth sachet with ribbon.

For orders on the gift baskets, email Brie@beekind.com for quotes.

For more colors on the T-shirts, Call Sebastopol for more colors 707-824-2905 For quotes on Personalized Wedding Gifts, please email katia@ beekind.com

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As we enter our eleventh year performing these services, we want to thank you for your loyal patronage from all of us at beekind.

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Bees and Supplies 2015 Rules for Ordering and Pickup

Refunds on Bee orders will be charged a $20.00 cancellation fee on each Package or NUC. Refunds on Bee orders will not be allowed after March 31, 2015.

Package bees that are not picked up on weekend dates selected will be forfeited unless special arrangements have been made.

We do not ship bees. Bees must be picked up at the beekind store in Sebastopol, CA . However, shipping details are required for system to process order.

NUCS (Nucleus Colonies): NUCS are normally available the first week in May. The pick up dates for NUCS will be arranged by Beekind, once the bees are fully ready. NUCS are picked up in the evenings between 6:30 and 7:30 PM at the Sebastopol location only so that all the bees that were flying will be in their box to take home.

Cages returned within 30 days of pick up will have their deposit refunded to customer.

Orders must be made, and paid for, in advance of pick up dates, as we will sell out.

Please know that weather can affect delivery dates.

Package Bees: Your pick up weekend must be selected at time of purchase.

You can pick up your package(s) either on Saturday or Sunday. Pick up times are 10am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday only.

Call the store or email us if you have additional questions.

707-824-2905 921 Gravenstein Hwy. South Sebastopol, CA 95472

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Packages Beekind’s Own

Nucs

Three Pound Package with Local Queen.

Locally adapted stock that have been untreated for several years living in California Coastal climate. The queen is open mated in Capay valley with commercial drones.

Nucs are sold out for 2015

$120 + $10 Refundable Cage Deposit Sold out for Weekend Of April 18–19

Carniolan Carniolans are sold out for 2015 Three Pound Package with Carniolan Queen. Carniolans are ideal in a cooler or higher altitude climate and are known for their over wintering ability with small clusters. The queen is open mated in Capay valley with commercial drones.

Italian Three Pound Package with Italian Queen. Italians are ideal for a temperate Mediterranean climate and are known for their large numbers and ability to capitalize on early nectar flows. The queen is open mated in Capay valley with commercial drones. $120 + $10 Refundable Cage Deposit Sold out for Weekend Of April 18–19

You will be contacted in the last week in April to schedule your NUC pickup. NUCS Should be available for pick up Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, the first or second week in May, between the hours of 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. We will not release the NUCS to customer until the bees are ready.

Depending on the weather and conditions, the time frame could change.

NUC Installation: Your NUC will come in a cardboard box on 5 deep frames.

Install the NUC in the center of a brood box one frame at a time with additional frames (and follower boards) to fill the box.

Feed the NUC 1 to 1 sugar syrup until all the frames in the box are fully drawn. Feeding sugar syrup to the small colony frees the bees from the need to forage for nectar, and they can use their efforts instead to collect pollen, rear brood, produce beeswax, and draw out comb. Generally, feed a quart a day.

For best queen survival, you should not disturb the NUC for a few days (other than feeding). Inspect the colony after a week. Use little smoke and minimal disturbance. If all is well, the bees should have started drawing out fresh comb onto the empty frames, there should be brood of all ages,

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including white larvae and eggs. Note that eggs are very difficult for the beginner to see, especially against new comb. The presence of any eggs, or young larvae in royal jelly, means that you have a queen, and all is well, you need not actually see the queen!

Check to see that the queen is laying a regular pattern of brood in concentric rings by age. If brood pattern is spotty or uneven, the queen may have a problem. If there are queen cells being formed, the colony may have lost their queen, may be superseding the queen, or be preparing to swarm.

Once the bees have drawn out all the combs in the first brood box, you can add the second brood box. You may continue feeding the colony until all the combs are drawn out or discontinue feeding and let the bees finish on their own, but that will be slower.

At this point, the brood chamber is complete (assuming a double deep brood chamber).

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Classes San Francisco Classes

Sebastopol Classes

Introduction to Beekeeping

Introduction to Beekeeping

3 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

3 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Basic beekeeping information on how to get started with bees, use of equipment and what to expect in your first year. Get answers to your questions. A must have class if you are interested in keeping bees.

Basic beekeeping information on how to get started with bees, use of equipment and what to expect in your first year. Get answers to your questions. A must have class if you are interested in keeping bees.

Introduction to Beekeeping - $15 Sunday March 22nd, 2015 12:30PM to 3:30PM 1 Ferry Building (The Ferry Building) Upstairs in the Port Commissions Hearing Room, San Francisco, CA 94111

Introduction to Beekeeping - $5 Saturday March 7th, 2015 10AM to 1PM Sebastopol Grange Hall 6000 Sebastopol Avenue (Same as Hwy. 12) Sebastopol, CA 95472

Package Bee Installation 1 Hour. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Instruction on the beekind method of installing a package of honeybees in your hive.

If you have any questions or would like to sign up for classes by phone, please call our Sebastopol store at 707-824-2905

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Live Hive Inspection 3 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Hands On. Bring Your Own Protective Gear. Learn to identify eggs, larvae, capped brood, workers, drones, queens, pollen, nectar, honey, wax, propolis and varroa mites. Tips on when, why and how to handle your bees safely.

Live Hive Inspection 3 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Hands On. Bee Prepared, Bring Your Own Protective Gear. Learn to identify eggs, larvae, capped brood, workers, drones, queens, pollen, nectar, honey, wax, propolis and varroa mites. Tips on when, why and how to handle your bees safely. Please note this class date has been changed to Sunday May 10th.

Live Hive Inspection - $45 Sunday May 10th, 2015 Noon to 3:30PM beekind Store 921 Gravenstein Hwy S. Sebastopol, CA 95472

Continued Hive Management 2 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Re-queening, overwintering and continued hive management throughout the year. What to expect in

fall/winter. Discussion on what to do about disease and mite issues.

Continued Hive Management - $30 Saturday June 13th, 2015 11AM to 1PM beekind Store 921 Gravenstein Hwy S. Sebastopol, CA 95472

Extracting the Goods 3.5 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Demonstration on how to harvest honey from your hive. Hands on honey harvesting and extracting. Participants learn how honey gets from hive to jar and take home a jar of honey.

Extracting the Goods - $30 Saturday June 13th, 2015 2PM to 5:30PM beekind Store 921 Gravenstein Hwy S. Sebastopol, CA 95472

Beeswax Candlemaking 2 Hours. Taught by Doug Vincent, Owner and Beekeeper of beekind.

Instruction/lecture/demo and valuable tips on the art of making poured and rolled candles. Participants can roll their own candle to take home after class.

Beeswax Candlemaking - $30 Saturday November 7th, 2015 11AM to 1PM beekind Store 921 Gravenstein Hwy S. Sebastopol, CA 95472

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Bee friendly Plants We love our bees and love to plant bee friendly plants.

These are plants that bees love and are nutritionally beneficial to them. Plant these varieties in large patches (bees love that!) and have fun. If you need seeds, we carry a wide variety of locally grown organic seeds from the Sustainable Seed Company, located in Petaluma.

Visit the Sonoma County Beekeeper’s Association website for a list of bee friendly plants. www.sonomabees.org

You can also become a bee friendly farmer at the Partner’s For Sustainable Pollination website. www.pollinator.org

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Benefits of Raw Honey Raw Honey is honey that has not been heated over 108 degrees. After that temperature honey begins to lose some of its benefits. Research shows that honey improves bronchitis, asthma, and allergies.

Honey is also used to alleviate depression, fatigue, insomnia and skin disorders, to hasten the healing of wounds, facilitate digestion, as a sedative and anti toxic, and for its antiseptic effects. Honey has natural anti microbial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Honey can be used as a preservative.