Hey y'all, and welcome. I'm Stephanie, and along with my husband Jody, we run DuBEEville Farms, our apiary in Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. We've been keeping bees since 2019, and what started as a passion has turned into something we feel called to share. This space is for 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲, beekeepers, aspiring beekeepers, and the simply bee-curious. You don't have to own a hive or ever plan to. If bees fascinate you, if you care about what's happening to them, or if you just want to understand this world a little better, you belong here. We will often share information specific to South Louisiana since that is where DuBEEville Farms calls home, but the conversation is open to all. No question is too small here. We've asked them all ourselves. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 🍯 Connection with beekeepers and bee lovers at every level. Ask questions, share what you're learning, and find people who understand why this matters. 🌻 Real information about bees, hives, honey, and the role bees play in our food, our gardens, and God's creation, whether you ever keep a single hive or not. 🐝 A place to belong as you figure out this whole beekeeping thing, one season at a time. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 🗓️ Our monthly live group calls walk through exactly what's happening in our hives right now, season by season, plus live Q&A. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘶𝘣 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯. 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. God calls us to take dominion over every creeping thing on the earth. We believe tending the hive is one of the most intentional ways to answer that call right now, because bees are in crisis. Nearly 60% of commercial bee colonies were lost worldwide in the last year alone. Something so small, so essential to our food supply, so woven into the fabric of creation, is slipping away. There's something sacred about slowing down enough to pay attention to something so small and so important. And there's something powerful about ordinary people deciding to do something about it, one hive at a time.