Lake Martin Honey began in April of 2020 with one hive. Our vision was to grow to 1o hives and begin producing honey in 2021. In June...

Exciting time when the first of the comb honey is available. Reach out to get yours before it is gone!

Queen grafting to create queens and nucs for sale is always a lot of work but very rewarding part of beekeeping. We created 40 grafts on March 10th that resulted in 38 queen cells. These were moved to mating nucs on March 20th for the queens to emerge and take their mating flights. We will have both queens and nucs available around April 12th. Reach out if you are interested in purchasing a queen or a nuc. Grafting frame with queen cells Candling queen cells to insure the

Getting frames ready for comb honey. Setting up a few extra boxes this year due to the high demand. Making comb honey takes a strong nectar flow and a strong hive. It also takes a lot of nectar to make the comb, 8 lbs of nectar for every 1 lb or honeycomb. Hope to have some ready in May/June timeframe,

While it is cold outside and not a lot to do with the hives, there are still a lot of work to do. Equipment repairs, cleaning wax bottling honey and building new equipment are just a few. This next warm spell will get the hives going and it will be game on!!!

Hey Auburn/Opelika! Lake Martin Honey is now available in Well Red Second Story on North Donahue! Stop by and pick yours up today!

Barrel aged honey is bottled and available. It won’t last long so get your orders in! Call, email or text to order.

We will be at the Alexander City Farmers Market today, June 7th from 7 - 11 a.m. Stop by and pick up some honey or just visit the other...

Spring has finally arrived, and with it comes a new season of opportunities and challenges for beekeepers. At Lake Martin Honey, we've...

We have had several groups of Home Schoolers visit the farm to learn about bees. The kids really enjoyed themselves and were excited to...

Great day at the Dadeville Fall Festival yesterday. Thank you to everyone that stopped by to visit our booth. Our next Farmers Market...

We will be at O Grows Farmers market today from 3-6 in downtown Opelika. Stop by and stick up on honey!

Pulled six supers and harvested 190lb of honey. This honey is from the apiary here at our home and much lighter in color. Stay tuned as...

We pulled some of the honey off the hives and began bottling the first of the 2024 honey. Have some that is lighter and some a little...

Exciting news! The nectar flow has started and the beekeeping community believes it will be he best we have had in several years. Honey...

Hives are really strong and ready to capture nectar when the flow starts. It is also the swarm season. We have had four so far and hope...

It has been a tough spring with the early warmth in February that got plants blooming early then the late cold that killed a lot of the...

It is that time of year when the hives are growing like crazy and swarming is a challenge. After going through all our hives, we've seen...

Been working for a couple of weeks now to get equipment ready for the nectar flow. Last year we ran out of equipment (honey supers) that...

We are moving the majority of the hives from the house to an empty lot close by. This will reduce some of the traffic for neighbors...