Woodland Creek Honey Farm

At Woodland Creek Honey Farm, we are dedicated to doing our part of caring for creation, by practicing environmentally friendly, sustainable beekeeping. We love our bees and all of our apiaries are treated naturally. 

We currently have four apiaries all in the South Puget Sound area watch us grow!

We offer a variety of natural, raw, hive products and services, including honey extraction and processing for local beekeepers. Find us on Fa...

Doug is a Master Beekeeper living in Olympia, WA. He started keeping bees over 25 years ago, in rural Wisconsin, and completed his studies in beekeeping at the University of Montana. He is fascinated and passionate about all things bees and other pollinators. His wife, Debbie, helps with all the behind the scenes logistics and together they are both excited that this little honey business has been able to grow and produce delicious honey ...

November

With the winter solstice just around the corner, the bees are anticipating hunkering down for their “long winters nap.” The queens have stopped laying, and the emerging new bees are part of the winter colony that will help heat the cluster in the hive through till next spring. For us, our daytime temperatures hover in the upper 40’s and low 50’s and although there are always those extra adventurous girls in the hive, typically b...