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Wear loose fitting clothing; long sleeved crew neck or collared shirt, pants, socks, and close-toed shoes and of course a mask – we will provide a veil and gloves.
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Avoid scents – in shampoo, aftershave, and body lotions.
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Avoid eating bananas the day of your encounter – it sounds weird, but the smell of bananas mimics the smell of the honeybee pheromone for fear.
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Sign our COVID contact tracing form – we’re doing everything we can to ensure a safe encounter and that includes making sure we follow all the latest health protocols.
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Sign our Acknowledgement of Risk waiver for adults and/or minors.
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Understand that you may get stung despite our best efforts as bees are livestock and can be behave unpredictably at times.
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Inform your guide if you are stung – we are prepared to administer first aid if required.
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Follow the safety briefing and all instructions provided by your guide so you can have the most enjoyable encounter possible.
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Ask lots of questions, we’re here to give you as many answers as we can.
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Share you experience with your friends through social media, don’t forget to tag us @Apiverte on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
We may have to reschedule if:
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The bees are not in a good mood. Bees can have good days and bad days just like people and are affected by weather, pests, predators, and other outside conditions beyond our control.
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The weather is scheduled to be poor. If you have already signed up with our scheduling tool, we’ll reach out to you to when the weather conditions are more ideal.
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You are improperly attired. We are serious about safety and making sure you can enjoy the bees while visiting, you therefore need to follow the suggestions listed above for clothing.
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The bee colony requires an intervention: Sometimes inspections result in our beekeepers needing to make adjustments that could stress the colony beyond what we are comfortable inviting guests to.
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It’s time to harvest the honey! This is an exciting time for people and can be a stressful time to the bees, for this reason we will change the inspection to a harvest event where you can see the honey being processed.
