your source for beekeeping supplies and information

Welcome to Dakota Bees your source for discounted beekeeping supplies manufactured in Colorado. Bee rescue, swarm removal, hive removal from homes and business’s. Beekeeping support and classes designed for the back yard beekeeper. Our goal is to provide high quality beekeeping supplies at prices lower than our competition. Our products starting with are hive bodies assembled with graded number one or knot free pine. All of our hive components that are exposed to weather are painted with two coats of premium latex paint and any nails holes or small spaces in the hive joints are caulked between coats of paint. The top and bottom edges of the hive bodies are also painted to help extend the life and durabilty of your hive.

Come visit us at Wardle Feed and Pet Supply they are now stocking our beekeeping supplies.

Address: 7610 W 42nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Phone:(303) 424-6455

Hours:

Monday through Friday 8am until 6pm. Saturdays 8am to 4pm visit the website at

http://wardlefeed.com/beekeeping-supplies/

Bee classes and Work shop schedule $35 per couple. Sign up at Wardle Feed and pet supply.

Hive inspections every Wednesday evening from 6pm to 8pm Lakewood two hives from bee packages started this year.

Hive inspections every other Tuesday Arvada up to 6 hives 8am until 10am or until done. June 4^th, June 18^th, July 2^nd, July 16^th, July 30th August 6^th, August 20^th,September 10^th and 24^th.

Hive inspections every other Thursday Arvada up to 6 hives 8am until 10am or until done. June 13^th , June 27^th, July 11^th, July 25^th. September 1^st, 15^th and 29^th.

Mason bees and leaf-cutter for sale see our mason bee page or our orchard bee page ordering information.

Bee Packages available for spring delivery see our starting a beehive page for ordering information.

Help me build a better web-site your comments are important to me if you find mistakes or information that can be improved or changed. Feel free to e-mail your comments to greg@dakotabees.com . My goal is to have an educational web-site that beekeepers can use as a referance.

Become a hive host I deal with a lot of beehive removals from homes and buisness's I am always looking for community gardens and home owners willing to host bee hives. I place the bees at your community garden or home and I maintain the hives and share in some of the honey. Hive hosts sometimes help with feeding bees and reporting their observations on bee activity. The link below is from one of my hive hosts Arvada Colorado.
http://twentypoundtabby.blogspot.com/2012/06/bee-hives-in-yard.html

We also promote the keeping of mason bees, leafcutter bees and bumblebees native to Colorado by providing bee habitat a great alternative for pollination of back yard gardens. You can help our native bees out by planting bee friendly plants that flower at different times through out the spring, summer and fall.

The number of hives in the United States is now at its lowest point in the past 50 years. Winter loss survey from the USDA reports lower losses for the 2011 2012 season. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2012/120531.htm

dakotabees.com

9620 W 21st Ave Lakewood, CO 80215 US

Phone: 720-621-7305 Website: http://dakotabees.com/