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Big Branch Apiary

offering:

Blueberry U-Pick

Local raw honey

Bee removal

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We are dedicated beekeepers who love farm life and the land that nourishes us. Along with bees, we have chickens and a couple of attention-loving dogs. And don’t forget the peacock: he’s almost as handsome as he thinks he is!

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We’re a small-time honey producer looking to offer honey, eggs, and seasonal u-pick options. Subscribe to our calendar or our newsletter (below) to stay abreast of what’s in season.

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April 17th: Love the Boot Week

This is Love the Boot Week here in Louisiana and people are engaged in beautification and cleanup projects statewide. Big Branch Apiary got to do our part and helped out at the Rivertown Butterfly Garden. We donated about 40 perennial flowers and spent the day weeding, planting, and mulching alongside like-minded volunteers. The LSU AG…

by c ben-iesau
Flowers are always in fashion, but it doesn't hurt to be cute as a bug, too!💚💛💜 We often get asked if dogs are welcome here. Why, yes! As long as they're on a leash as Johnny and his pup were today. It doesn't look like much but this stained bit of hope is a peafowl egg. By this time last year the hen had hatched out three chicks so we thought she might pass this year. Fingers crossed for some chicks! One of the prettiest flowers at the apiary is this lotus. Last year it put out a single blossom. One year later after being heavily fertilized and potted up into a large planter it is treating us to a parade of blossoms. Tim is happy to chauffeur you up to the berry field. Our neighbors, Leeann and the two Tylers hitched a ride while Big Tom rode shotgun. Archie waiting for her turn at the food bowl. Flowers are blooming, berries are ripening, and the garden is cranking out more 'maters than we can eat. A decent evening's work: two hives removed from the insulation under old office trailers. Archie thinks she's a dog--begs for food, follows me EVEN TO THE BATHROOM, and is laying a clutch of eggs in the barn. Not the coop where chickens lay--the barn. She's got 9 eggs in her barn nest. Archie came from @recircfarms and has been a fun, quirky addition to the family. Second from the left: a blueberry eating machine! The Strickland fam dropped by in their golf cart to pick berries and recycle glass jars and bottles for the bottle wall. Only about a hunnert more hurricane-damaged oaks to go... We had a LOT of visitors to the Apiary today, starting with about 25 folks from the local Kingdom Hall.