T & C Bee Co.

Christina (C) spent the morning with the next generation sharing about beekeeping.

If you, or an educator you know would like to have a bee discussion in your classroom before the end of school, reach out we would love to be part.

Tell me you and your spouse are beekeepers without telling me you’re both beekeepers.

That is a frame of freshly laid eggs and of course a few straggler bees that we will try to chase out of the house later.

Tristin is working on pulling 3ish day old eggs and transferring them into queen cups for the bees to draw out into queen cells.

Spending the day in the bee yard! Making nucs (small 5 frame nucleus colonies) and adding in our grafted queens! 👸 🐝

We are market ready! Come see us at Farmers Market of the Ozarks for Spring Kickoff 8-1 and kid vending day 🐝🍯 we are directly across from the Aviary. See you soon 🌼

I’m (T) excited to be bringing two new things to market; Foraging bags and wooden spoons!

The foraging bags I started making to help us in foraging for plants that we use in our lotion bars. Others have expressed interest in them so I figured we would do an offering of them at market.

The wooden spoons have been a passion project of mine that I started during the 2020 thing. Taking fresh cut fire wood from log to spoon with only an axe and two knives has been a relaxing past time over the past few years but I have too many of them.

So come see us at market tomorrow at Farmers Park from 8-1!!!

I’m (C) bringing something new to the market this Saturday!
These are handmade encaustic landscape pieces—each one completely unique and created with layered wax and heat.
No prints, no duplicates—just one-of-a-kind originals.
Come by early for the best selection 🌄

And of course checkout all of our other products while you’re there! It’s Spring Kickoff at Farmers Market of the Ozarks! 8-1 out in the promenade booth 417 🐝🍯👩🏻‍🎨

Check back tomorrow for a sneak peak at what T’s new products are too 👀

Happy Valentine’s Day! We are spending it at Farmers Market of the Ozarks ❤️ come see us from 9-1 and enjoy a market filled with love and take your own cute picture with the opossums!

Come see us Saturday! This will be our final market at Farmers Market of the Ozarks and while we are incredibly sad about that, we are glad to spend it on a day all about love. ❤️ We have loved the community market has allowed us to build and will have Valentines ready to hand out. See you there 🐝❤️

Validation Day is this Saturday at Farmers Market of the Ozarks!

Love is for everyone! Whether you've asked you're crush to be your valentine, you're hanging out with friends, or you are focusing on self love, the Farmers Market is the perfect place to go for a Valentine's Day date! We'll have a photo area, festive crafts, and of course, TONS of local vendors for you to shop with! We'll see you at Farmers Park from 9am to 1pm this Saturday, February 14th!

A few years ago we inherited bee hive boxes that belonged to Christina’s Great Grandpa Cody. They were in rough shape and well loved but we had a vision to bring them back to life and incorporate them into our product display. Today they made their debut and we couldn’t happier with how it turned out. Love getting to have a price of family history supporting our business (literally). Stop by the Ozarks Farm Stop to see it in person ❤️🐝🍯

What’s new in the hive? Long post ahead…Skip to the pictures if you want the snapshot.

The bees: During this cold winter wonderland we are experiencing the bees are clustering. Most who are unfamiliar with bees assume they hibernate like bears but in reality bees group together around the queen and any remaining brood (babies) and vibrate their flight muscles to create heat. They are in constant motion whether vibrating their flight muscles to keep the cluster warm, moving from the inside of the cluster out to rotate the work amongst worker bees or gathering food, each one has a job to do that helps get them through these cold winter months. I’m adding a podcast link in the comments if you want to learn more!

Us: We’ve been busy too! This month started with a trip to The North American Honeybee Expo (NAHBE). This was our second year attending and it didn’t disappoint. If you’ve already said to yourself “that sounds nerdy”, you’ve hit the nail on the head. Beekeeping researchers and scientists from around the world sharing their work and how it relates to us as the everyday beekeeper. Some of that was exciting, some scary, and some just fascinating to walk away with, not to mention to expo part with supply vendors galore! Check out the pictures for our great finds, beekeeping legends, and honey from around the world we got in a honey swap. We can’t wait to see what this year has in store and are excited to continue to grow, educate and provide a healthy alternative for your skin.