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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 15, 2012.

Start of Year Two

Update #22 · Apr 17, 2013 · comment

The first shipment of honeybees for the year arrives tomorrow, and along with the survivors from last year - both our own and our students' - we're gearing up for a grand 2013!

This is Bee Happy's last post on Kickstarter, so we'll remind you of two items:

1. If you aren't already following us at our blog, please take a look. Click here www.happiary.com and bookmark the page!  Also, if you want to reach us from now on, our email address is ned@happiary.com.

2.  We can now schedule the Bee Happy Hive Dive for anyone who wants to take advantage if it!  If you are close enough to us, or if you just want to make the trip, come to the apiary for an up close and personal look into one of our hives with us. You'll remember this experience!

If you don't live close enough, contact us and we'll schedule a time to Skype from the apiary with you.

Thank you yet again for your generosity.  The honeybees in Connecticut are very happy and growing.

Bee Happy!

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Your Gifts!

Update #21 · Sep 28, 2012 · 13 comments

FYI - if you haven't received your gift for donating yet, it is on it's way!   We have been putting them all together and getting them out for the last couple of weeks.  And the response has been great!

Thank you again for supporting the honeybees.

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The Bee Happy Blog is up and running!

Update #20 · Jun 28, 2012 · comment

It's still in the early stages, so just a blog for now.  Keep visiting and watch it turn into a full-fledged website!  The address:

www.Happiary.com

Scroll down to the first post to find out what a Happiary is.

Our latest post will tell you of a video article that just went online today.  Give it a look!

Springtime, as we know, is the busiest of all times for the beekeeper.  Thanks to you, your generosity, and your belief in us and the Bee Happy cause, we have been working our butts off for the past three months, making thousands of honeybees extremely happy.  The Bee Happy Co. is creating Happiaries, educating, advocating, and increasing the healthy honeybee population, as planned.

So.......

Bee Happy!

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Busy as Bees

Update #19 · Apr 30, 2012 · 2 comments

...and Happy as Bees, too!

The time in Springtime means taking care of hives and gearing up for the new honeybee arrivals. Along with this, Bee Happy has been giving classes and attending spring fairs with other farmers, birders, kids, and everyone who's coming out of the woodwork to enjoy the beautiful weather.

10 more Top Bar Hives in 1 weekend

Our neighbor Chris, carpenter extraordinaire, visited the lumberyard with us, and we got to work measuring, cutting, then measuring and cutting some more, then drilling to complete 10 more Top Bar Hives.  Maybe one will be coming to a backyard near you!

Seven more colonies of honeybees will be arriving this Friday.  Wonderful homes await them.  We hear they are very excited!

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Bee Happy On Television!

Update #18 · Apr 9, 2012 · comment

Better CT this Wednesday, April 11 at 3:00

The Bee Happy Co. will be interviewed this Wednesday on the show Better CT with Scott Haney and Kara Sundlun.  The channel is WFSB Channel 3 out of Hartford, CT.  This is a great show that airs every day at 3:00 pm, so catch us on April 11th for some Bee Happy tv!

And when you see us, let us know!  We love it when people say "Hi".

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    A Bee Happy thank you and a toast in your honor!

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    One 3.5-oz. selection of Bee Happy First Season Wildflower Honey from the new hives. (The cost on all rewards includes shipping.)

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    One 8-oz. selection of Bee Happy First Season Wildflower Honey and one Bee Happy all natural beeswax lip balm.

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    One 1-lb. selection of Bee Happy First Season Wildflower Honey and two Bee Happy all natural beeswax lip balms.

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    One Bee Happy Gift Basket, including one 1-lb. selection of Bee Happy First Season Wildflower Honey, two Bee Happy all natural beeswax lip balms, one hardwood honey dipper, two rolled beeswax taper candles, one decorative mug, and two specialty tea bags.

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    The previous level reward PLUS the DVD Beeing Happy, to be filmed this year. The DVD will both document the start of the new hives, and be a teaching tool for new hobby beekeepers. [Part 1: Preparing the hive and installing the bees. Part 2: Hive check - looking inside the hive. Part 3: Harvesting honey and beeswax!]

    Estimated delivery: Mar 2013
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    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
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    The COMPLETE HOBBY BEEKEEPING KIT, with top-bar hive, honeybees, and the gear you need to work them! If you are setting up your hives within Connecticut, we will come out to help you! Outside CT we can SKYPE our beginner beekeeping class just for you. PLUS One Bee Happy Gift Basket, a second 1-lb. selection of honey, one rolled beeswax pillar candle and the DVD Beeing Happy.

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    One gift basket, a second 1-lb. honey, one rolled beeswax pillar candle, one Beeing Happy DVD PLUS a 1-year membership into the Bee Happy Club, which includes one 1-lb. selection of honey, 1 lip balm, and assorted honey recipes sent to you each month for one year.

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    The previous level reward PLUS your own indoctrination into the world of beekeeping! You will become a hobby beekeeper, with all the equipment and bees for one top bar hive, and I will even come to you wherever you are in the United States and help you set it all up!

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2013