2020 was our first year to take the plunge to host a Hive of Bee's. We named it "Slains Castle" after our ancestral castle in Scotland. "Slains" did a great crop the first year and we produced over 45 pounds of honey. That was after leaving the hive enough to thrive. We called it the "Queen's Tax". 

The next year we added another nuc and built it out into a hive, which we named "Stirling Castle", yes after another Scottish Castle. Once again the bee's excelled and we had a large harvest.

When we purchased the land we would call Hays Manor, we moved those two hives with us and built out Hays Clan Honey Hives Apiary. Currently we have expanded our hives to over 6 and growing. Yes, we have continued the naming tradition, we have a Castle Campbell,  Balmoral Castle, Glamis Castle and Inverness Castle

Our Harvest, or  "Queen's Tax" as we call it, goes mostly to Vinland Meads to brew our world famous sacral honey mead. What we do not brew into a Mead we gift or sell to our neighbors and community. 

You can inquire about purchasing some of our Honey on Vinland Meads  Website.

The bee's at Hays Manor has been extremely busy this season. We had a really good harvest and have gifted most of our crop, well what we did not use in brewing Mead. Our honey was darker this season with a nice taste.