Cheddar Hill Hives

Cheddar Hill Hives A bee apiary located in Cheddar, South Carolina, a producer of local raw honey for the Cheddar Community We also do bee removal and swarming catching,

Beekeeping has been done for about 5 generations in my family. My fifth grandfather John Finley's last will and testament, mentioned his bee hives, and my grandfather Leon "Pepsi Cola" Finley, raised bees and sold honey. and apples for many years near the tank farm, located in Cheddar. When my dad passed away in 2013, we found his fathers old bee veil and smoker that he used back in the 1960's. In

honor of my dad and papa Leon, we chose to start beekeeping again, and bring local honey back to the Cheddar Community.

12/15/2024

Amazing shoot ❣️❣️❣️

10/01/2024

Swarm on neighbors mailbox!

08/09/2024

Just did a hive check, no honey this year, the hive is doing good! We will try again next year! We usually don't get honey from a swarm hive in the first year!

06/15/2024

Summer time is here, going to add some more supers for the girls! Never had a beard that large!

Hot humid days cause the bees to gather outside to help cool the hive. They form a beard shape, by the bees gathering ...
06/10/2024

Hot humid days cause the bees to gather outside to help cool the hive. They form a beard shape, by the bees gathering outside, they create room for air to circulate . It's also a sign of a strong hive! I will be going live this week to check for honey!

05/21/2024

We checked the hive today, the girls looked good, and only had a couple of racks of honey. Hopefully we will have some honey in late June. We didn't film today because it was a spur of the moment check .

Facebook live didn't work today, Facebook prevention services were working overtime! Everything went well!
04/19/2024

Facebook live didn't work today, Facebook prevention services were working overtime! Everything went well!

04/19/2024

Just got our second swarm!

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Beekeeping has been done for about 5 generations in my family. My fifth grandfather John Finley's last will and testament, mentioned his bee hives, and my grandfather Leon "Pepsi Cola" Finley, raised bees and sold honey. and apples for many years near the tank farm, located in Cheddar. When my dad passed away in 2013, we found his fathers old bee veil and smoker that he used back in the 1930's. In honor of my dad and papa Leon, we chose to start beekeeping again, and bring local honey back to the Cheddar Community.

Founded on May 23, 2014 First package of bees May 23,2014 First rack of honey: September 25, 2014 First honey jar sold March 15, 2015 First swarm of bees caught April 4,2015 First cut out of swarm in house March 22,2016 Best honey season 2016 (125 jars) Apiary closed July 4,2018, reopened May 10,2019