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Swaying Daisies Honeybee Foster Parent / Hive Rental Program is a complete and inclusive live bee service that allows you to enjoy bees in your own garden or at one of our apiaries . We can do all the work where you can join in to experience & learn about the wonderful world of bee’s first hand if you’d like. Either way you’ll reap the many sweet rewards bees provide.
Homeowners, commercial fruit, vegetable growers, community gardens, & educational facilities will provide value to almost all nearby landscape sites as well simply by adding a beehive to your property.
Currently Swaying Daisies Honeybee Farm is the one of if not the ONLY, bee care service provider in the area that sets up & cares for bee colonies for you at one set price.
🐝 The Foster Parent / Rental Program fee is $1295.00 for the season. The season typically goes May thru October.
🐝 After a deposit of $370 the remaining balance is broken down into 5 Monthly easy bee- sey payments of $185
All-inclusive service includes the following items as described below. All site inspections will be scheduled at least THREE business days prior to date of care. You will be notified by email, phone call or text 1 to 2 weeks prior to a Swaying Daisies Aparists arriving to install & or care for your bee colony.
Honeybee Foster Parent/ Hive Rental Schedule of Care, Service & Fee’s
| Swaying Daisies Honey Do List | Honeybee Foster Family Honey Do List | |
| December to May 31st | Apiarist will call and set a date and time to visit with you and site the colony within your landscape, or berry farm no later than April 30th | Provide Deposit $370.00 |
| May 1 – June 15 | ||
| Bees will be delivered & installed at your site in May. Photos of the hive and live bees inside the hive will be taken and sent to you electronically. | $185 1st payment due.Be sure site is accessible to apiarist | |
| June 20 th -July 1st. | Bee colony inspection, and care as required to keep bees healthy and happy. Prescriptive treatment and care for bee pests and pathogens as required Addition of honey super and/or brood super to existing colony. Photos of the hive and live bees inside the hive will be taken and sent to you electronically. | $185 2nd Payment due…be sure site is accessible to apiarist. |
| July 1-15th | Bee colony inspection, and care as required to keep bees healthy and happy. Prescriptive treatment and care for bee pests and pathogens as required .Addition of honey super and/ or brood super. Provide client with liquid honey. Photos of the hive and live bees inside the hive will be taken and sent to you electronically | $185 3rd Payment due…be sure site accessible to apiarist. |
| August 1-15th | Bee colony inspection, and care as required to keep bees healthy and happy. Prescriptive treatment and care for bee pests and pathogens as required. | $185 4th Payment due… be sure site isaccessible to apiarist. |
| September 1-15th | Bee colony inspection, and care as required to keep bees healthy and happy. Prescriptive treatment and care for bee pests and pathogens as required. | $185.00 final payment due… be sure site is accessible to apiarist. |
| October 1-15th | Bee colony inspection, and care as required to keep bees healthy and happy. Prescriptive treatment and care for bee pests and pathogens as required. Provide client with liquid honey. Winterize bee colony and return to apiary. Photos of the hive and live bees inside the hive will be taken and sent to you electronically | No payment due. Be sure site is accessible to apiarist |