Preparing Your Hives for Winter
Few Essentials for Winterizing Beehives. Hearing about severe winter kill numbers of hives has prompted me to see how our Ozark Cedar Hives clients are doing. We sent out a survey to over 100 beekeepers who had purchase our hives in the past 8 years. 14 responded from 10 different states. With the low response, the results are not conclusive, but I feel are worth sharing. These 14 beekeepers started with 102 cedar hives last fall and 18 died, 18% loss.  Of those that tre


Blossoms to Bottles: Riding the Spring Nectar Wave
Most of our sales these days are from returning customers. The most common comment we hear is, “Since we found Ozark Cedar Hives, we will never consider a different hive for our bees." We think that is the best proof of the quality and value of our products.
From Winter's Sleep to Springs Buzz! Spring honey activity is here!
Spring is whispering through the United States, and with it comes the buzz of beehive season. The air is warming, flowers are plotting...
Greetings Friends! - January 2024
Dear Friends of Ozark Cedar Hives. We pray all are doing well and all your bees are happily clustered among an ample supply of honey for...
News From Ozark Cedar Hives - Jan 2022
Kathy and I want to greet you with the love of Christ and pray that the recent Christmas season was blessed by His love and that 2022...
Thank You!
Kathy and I want to thank all of our faithful beekeeping customers for their many words of encouragement as well as preference of Ozark...


July 2017 (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1... For those of you who may be finding us for the first time, allow me to give a very brief history of our little...


July 2017 (Part 1)
Kathy and I want to greet all of you who find us. We appreciate your interest in honeybees and are very pleased to be able to assist you...
January 2016
I pray that each of you had as blessed a time as our family during the Christmas and New Year holidays. It is our favorite time of year....
February 2015 News
We pray 2015 is going well for you (and your bees). Our bees have had a few days in the 60’s and even 70’s one day. It is fun to see...










