Beekeeper Stories

June 12, 2025

Claudia and Charlene are wonderful organic farmers who we met when they graciously volunteered for one our wildflower planting projects. After the event we had a chance to learn more about them and learned that they were also going to raise bees which they said was a necessary part of organic farming operations for pollination purposes. They were so wonderful and helpful that we couldn’t help but get them started with a PureWave™ Cell for one of their two hives so they could witness the difference first hand.

They just sent us a short video and a message this week and here is what they wrote:

"Hello Brent & Everyone at 4RBees,

Well we have very good news…out of our 2 hives, the one with the PureWave™ cell survived the winter! The other one that did not have the cell and was a chemically treated hive (when we bought it, it had been treated but not treated after installation) did not survive the winter.

The PureWave™ hive sounded so strong all winter and when we cracked the lid on a warm day in March they were abuzz! We only peaked quickly because I wanted to make sure they had enough honey.

Charlene and I did an inspection on Friday and the double deep hive was jammed with bees! On a recommendation from a friend we decided to do a walk away split. Fingers crossed that this split works. As we are ecstatic with the results of the PurWave™ Cell would it be possible to get a cell for the split?

Charlene planted the organic bee flower seeds this past November that we got from you last summer and I planted some here in my area as well. It hasn’t even been a year yet of beekeeping for us and we are just so excited and fascinated by these incredible little creatures. We just absolutely love them! Thank you again for all you do for the bees and beekeepers. It really is a wonderful program because it works wonders!

Just a reminder we do not treat with chemicals or feed our bees anything other than their own honey and they are doing just fine.

Thankfully,

Claudia and Charlene"