My Bee's needs

My Bee's needs US Navy Veteran Owned - Beekeeping Equipment: New & Used Supplies – Live Bees – Protective Gear – Tools – Treatment etc. No frills.
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After my military service, I spent 25 years building and operating an investment firm focused on long-term thinking and responsible stewardship. Along the way, I picked up beekeeping as a hobby — something that started small but quickly grew into a serious passion. Over the past 10 years, that hobby has developed into hands-on experience in the hives, giving me a clear understanding of what beekee

pers truly need and the challenges they face. That’s what led me to start My Bee’s Needs. We built this business with a simple objective: help beekeepers. We provide new, and some used bee equipment, as well as supplies, with a focus on practicality and value. To keep prices competitive, we intentionally operate with low overhead — working out of our pole barn and garage instead of maintaining a fancy storefront. We don’t spend money on unnecessary extras. We get right to the point with quality products and straightforward service. Just solid equipment at fair prices from someone who understands the work.

05/14/2026

Merry Christmas to us!

05/14/2026

3 in 3 days

05/11/2026
NUCs have arrived under the view of a full moon Special night!
05/03/2026

NUCs have arrived under the view of a full moon Special night!

Tranquility…
04/19/2026

Tranquility…

Frame of Pol-Line 2.2 from today’s inspection (last years Queen). Can’t ask for better than that.
04/17/2026

Frame of Pol-Line 2.2 from today’s inspection (last years Queen). Can’t ask for better than that.

Mites in Drone comb. A little messing, but easy to spot.
04/17/2026

Mites in Drone comb. A little messing, but easy to spot.

I've just reached 4K followers! Thank you for continuing support. I could never have made it without each one of you. 🙏🤗...
04/15/2026

I've just reached 4K followers! Thank you for continuing support. I could never have made it without each one of you. 🙏🤗🎉

Great step forward!
04/13/2026

Great step forward!

Iowa farmland looks different from the sky now. Row after row of corn still dominates, but between those rows—mandated by state law—ten-foot strips of prairie are establishing. Purple milkw**d (Asclepias purpurascens). Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii). The Monarch butterfly pipeline just got legally guaranteed across every acre of state-managed farmland, whether farmers support it or not.
This mandate breaks a century of agricultural precedent. Iowa State University's STRIPS research proved years ago that prairie strips cut sediment loss by 95% and nitrogen runoff by 85%, but adoption was voluntary and slow. Now it's compulsory on state land. Ten feet of native habitat between corn rows—wide enough to support breeding Monarch populations (Danaus plexippus) and native bee forage, functioning as ecological stepping stones across landscapes that were previously dead zones.
The ten-foot specification matters. That's not a w**d buffer—it's a habitat corridor connecting remnant prairies. During heavy rains, these strips filter topsoil and nutrients before they hit waterways. The law makes ecological function as mandatory as soil testing.
Does your state have anything this aggressive in the pipeline? Or are you watching agricultural policy treat pollinator habitat as optional landscaping while Iowa treats it as critical infrastructure? Tell me what you'd mandate in your county if you had the pen.

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3600N CR 700W
Scipio, IN
47273

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Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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