Dakota Honey and Bee Supplies, LLC.

05/28/2026

**Marked queen available!**

Russian, marked queen - $45
Just arrived today 5/28

CONTACT: Dave Fisher 605-951-8426

WannaBee Club

05/15/2026

05/14/2026

05/13/2026

🐝 WannaBee Hobby Beekeepers meeting! 🐝

Wednesday, May 13th - 6:00pm
Outdoor Campus - West
4130 Adventure Trail
Rapid City SD

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T & M Ag Supply

05/11/2026

Mackenzie and Honeybee are enjoying the new observation hive, at T & M Ag Supply. Honeybee loves the sound of the bees! Stop by and check it out! 🐝🐈🐝

05/09/2026

Bees need ventilation, even when the weather is cooler.
WannaBee Club

Sometimes, even a small mistake can lead to something extraordinary.
A beekeeper forgot to place the frame properly, and instead of chaos, the bees responded with pure intelligence — building their honeycomb in a way that maximized airflow and efficiency.
Nature doesn’t panic. Nature adapts.
These tiny architects don’t complain, don’t wait, don’t quit — they simply create solutions.
Maybe there’s a lesson here for all of us.
When things don’t go as planned, don’t break down… build differently.
✨ Even in imperfection, there is brilliance.
🐝 Even in mistakes, there is design.

05/09/2026

Bees drown in birdbaths. The sides are too steep, the water too deep, and there's nothing to land on. A bee raft solves all three problems in about five minutes. 🐝

What you need: a piece of untreated wood roughly the size of your birdbath basin — cedar or pine works fine. A drill and a 3/8-inch bit. A shallow basin with water.

The build: drill 15–20 holes across the wood surface. The holes let water come up through the raft so bees can drink from the surface without the wood sitting bone dry. Sand any rough edges so wings don't catch. Set the raft in the basin with about an inch of water in the basin — the wood should float or rest just at or slightly above the water surface.

That's it. The bees find it within days.

A few things that make it work better: place it in partial shade so the water doesn't evaporate too fast in summer heat. Add a handful of small stones or marbles on the raft surface as additional landing points for smaller insects. Rinse the raft and change the water every few days — standing water breeds mosquitoes in about a week in warm weather.

Honey bees, bumble bees, native solitary bees, butterflies, and wasps all use it. In peak summer when water sources dry up, a single raft in a busy garden sees constant traffic. 🌻

Place it near flowering plants and you've created a complete pollinator rest stop — food, water, and landing space in one corner of the yard.

05/09/2026

Pretty cool! 😎

05/09/2026

https://youtu.be/Oal1_2mzp8U?si=45b1VNy5tXe9d9mf

The 1919 Queen Decision That Determines August Honey — Made in MayA bee foraging in August was an egg laid in late May. That developmental arithmetic is fixe...