High in the sky

Our high elevation (3,000 ft.) apiary provides our honeybees with a pristine environment and a wide array of trees, plants and flowers to explore in peace. Our property adopts organic and pesticide-free methods to ensure their health.

Alpine bees can hover happily in pressure conditions equivalent to an altitude of 25,500 — higher than the peak of Mount Everest. They manage this mountainous feat by beating their wings in broader strokes, a study has found. Although there is no food to be harvested on Himalayan peaks, the bees' adaptable flight might help them to escape predators elsewhere, the authors suggest.