After months of preparation, overcoming the installation of 20 foundationless hives, numerous presentations and other bee-related tasks, the Bee Thinking Store -- specializing in foundationless beekeeping equipment -- is now open for business. It is our goal to provide high-quality horizontal and vertical top bar (Warre) beekeeping equipment to our customers, built from sustainably-milled recycled lumber in Portland, Oregon that would otherwise be burned as firewood. Presently we offer assembled and unassembled top bar and Warre hives, but as we grow so will our inventory of useful gear for the foundationless beekeeper. The store will be undergoing numerous changes as we tailor it to meet your needs, but please take a look around!

Go to the store!

 Nine months after its inception, Bee Thinking has made it into the news. A story local to our Clackamas County, Oregon home base, but a story no less! Both the Oregonian (Oregon's largest newspaper) and the Clackamas Review have interviewed me, but the Review was the first to publish a story. 

The article isn't entirely accurate, but it is good press for our business and great publicity for sustainable and foundationless beekeeping. Traffic on the website has had a significant increase since the article came out yesterday, and I look forward to the continual increase in public support and interest in beekeeping. 

You can read the article here: Clackamas Review Story

In my numerous conversations with beekeepers I am always struck by the seeming tunnel vision most have in regard to hive design and methods. The Langstroth hive, for many reasons, is obviously the hive of choice in America. From commercial beekeepers to sideliners to hobbyists, Langstroth rules supreme. However, most don't realize