New to the Hive

With spring, comes honeybees! This week we are anxiously awaiting our nucleus of honeybees to arrive to their new home on our farm. The Hulst Homestead has been a welcoming home to honeybee hives the last three years and we have adored learning as well as caring about them. Honeybees are so intelligent and miraculously designed. Although they really don't need us, as science has proved that time and time again, we love to help them thrive each year. With the excitement of this new-to-us livestock also has come challenges. Our hives have yet to make it through the winter unfortunately, but we have learned a lot about pest control maintenance each year and what steps we need to take to help the hive along. This year, we are growing our collection by one new hive! This new honeybee home will be hosted at our farmstand location, which will also have a large pumpkin patch this year! We are excited for for this new adventure at our growing location in Holland. 

But that is not all... our family is growing as well this Spring! My husband Ryan and I are thrilled to be welcoming our first child at the end of April. We are looking forward to this new chapter in our farm life and we cannot wait for her to put her own little touch on the Hulst Homestead as she grows!