Honeybee services
Welcome to Fleur-de-bee! I offer individuals and groups a range of education and beekeeping services.
I’d love to work with you to help you reach your beekeeping goals.
I’m a long time trainer and educator, now channeling that into teaching others information and skills about my passion – beekeeping.
Carrie inspecting her urban backyard hive. Notice the close proximity of neighbors and no privacy fence!
E-mail me: carrie.vanwinkle@gmail.com
Message me on facebook
Or call: 502-475-3805.
Fleur-de-bee Consultation Options
Starting your own apiary: includes scouting of hive locations at your apiary location and a review of key decisions a new beekeeper will need to make and a discussion of the information you’ll need to make those decisions. I’ll also share great resources important for new beekeepers.
‘As needed’ : I provide as needed visits to your hives. This is helpful for new beekeepers as they learn about the hive during inspections as well as trouble shooting potential issues with the hive or as new stages arise, such as your first honey harvest.
Bee care: I can provide bee care while you are away from your apiary or full-time care if you want the benefits of honeybees on your property, but would like an experienced beekeeper to care for them.
Sustainable approaches: great for new or existing beekeepers who want to explore natural approaches to beekeeping, and aren’t quite sure which methods are right for them.
Customized: let’s plan a consultation which best meets your beekeeping needs!
Group Education: I provide education to beekeepers and those who want to learn about honeybees. Some presentation options:
Our favorite urban pollinator – the honeybee! Meet your local urban beekeeper – and learn how you can support a healthy local honeybee population without becoming a beekeeper yourself. This is a great presentation for neighborhood associations, garden clubs, and other groups who want to learn more about these lovely little pollinators.
Urban beekeeping 101 – urban and small space beekeeping poses it’s own opportunities and challenges. Learn how to successfully care for honey bees in a relatively small space.
Sustainable beekeeping practices for new and experienced beekeepers. Natural or sustainable beekeeping includes lots of voices and lots of methods. I review the areas of natural beekeeping and connect you to important resources in your areas of interest.
Carrie and new beekeeper, Lydia, creating a strategy for gathering up an urban swarm in Louisville - Spring 2011.
I enjoy my backyard hive and all of its benefits – pollination, supporting healthy honeybees, and the wonderful bonus of a honey harvest. There’s always something interesting and fun to experience when honeybees are around. I’m definitely beaming on the inside in this photo!
I am interested in your services, but I see no way of contacting you. Please contact me.
whooops – sorry about that, Karl. My e-mail is: carrie.vanwinkle@gmail.com; cell: 502-475-3805. Glad you found me on facebook!
Hi Bordergilder,Smaller cell size will lower the brood cycle of a honey bee, hence interrupts the brood cycle of the varora mite. (One more brood day can make a difference between having only 1 Mite or 3-5 Mites!) That’s one reason why Varroa is predominantly found in drone cells. By letting them build their own comb, our bees will hopefully go back to building their normal cell size over the years. Obviously all these problems are created by the homo sapiens that is not really as sapiens as he thinks he is. If we want to save the honey bee we should not mess with them in the first place. Let them bee Beekeeping: Provide a clean environment, collect comb honey.Nonsense beekeeping: Replacing queens, swarm prevention etc Now, if we use common sense and want to provide our bees with a clean environment in my personal opinion nothing beats the KTBH with an open bottom screen. Debris and mites will fall straight out without contaminating other parts of the hive.Happy beekeeping