Bay Beehives. Natural beekeeping and hive hosting apprenticeships in the San Francisco Bay Area
Natural beekeeping, tended with care.
An apprenticeship in the ancient practice of beekeeping.
."The heart of our work is teaching; apprenticing new beekeepers the ancient way, hand to hand and hive to hive. We install and tend hives across the Bay Area, and serve as the Official Bee Partner of REAP Climate Center."
Three ways to come close.
Become a Beekeeper
What we offer is an apprenticeship; the ancient way of learning beekeeping, hand to hand and hive to hive. The best way to begin is alongside an experienced beekeeper, season by season.
Explore Apprenticeships →
Corporate Hive Program
Hive tours, honey tastings, and team workshops that turn the lessons of the hive into the language of teamwork.
For Your Team →
Sponsor a Hive
A more sustainable future, one hive at a time. Sponsored hives go to underserved communities to support food growth, local ecology, and the bees themselves.
Give a Hive →One in every three bites of food begins with a bee.
Bees are a pillar of the ecosystem and critical for life to exist on the planet. They are also under enormous pressure — from pesticides, from habitat loss, from a changing climate. Hosting a hive is one of the most direct ways to help.
.Proud to be the Official Bee Partner at REAP Climate Center.
The home of our hive tours, and a living classroom for the next generation of beekeepers.
Visit REAPJust two hives can pollinate five to ten acres.
To work a hive is to be fully present; it is a meditation. It is also a way of honoring the bond between the honeybee and the human — a bond as old as agriculture itself.