Bring a healthy colony to your property with as much — or as little — beekeeping support as you want. Start with a nuc, purchase a complete hive, or ask Old Fort Honey Co. to help manage the colony for you.
Healthy colonies · thoughtful placement · ongoing support
A hive of your own
You don’t have to do it all yourself.
A hive at home can be a rewarding way to support pollinators, learn about bees and — when the colony has a genuine surplus — enjoy honey produced around your own property.
Old Fort Honey Co. can supply locally managed colonies for suitable properties across Antigua. We can simply provide the bees, or stay involved with inspections, colony management and harvest assistance.
Every placement starts with the same principle that guides our own apiaries: the bees come first. A strong, well-sited colony matters more than chasing a honey crop.
Choose your level of support
From first colony to fully supported hive.
Whether you want to learn beekeeping yourself or prefer us to handle the regular management, we can build the arrangement around your property and your level of involvement.
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Start with a Nuc
A small established nucleus colony for someone who already has suitable hive equipment and wants to grow and manage the colony themselves.
Established colony
Laying queen
Brood and food stores
Basic transfer and establishment guidance
Best for hands-on beekeepers02
Complete Hive
A complete hive and colony ready to establish at a suitable property, without the need to source the bees and equipment separately.
Complete hive equipment
Established colony and queen
Site and placement guidance
Installation and initial advice
Best for a ready-to-go start03
Managed Hive
Own the hive and the bees while Old Fort Honey Co. provides ongoing support. Join the inspections and learn, or leave the regular management to us.
Routine colony inspections
Queen, brood and health checks
Feeding and space management when needed
Swarm management
Honey harvest and extraction assistance
Best for supported home beekeeping
Is your property suitable?
Good placement makes a better hive.
Before placing a colony, we look at the site from the perspective of both the bees and the people living nearby.
Safe flight path
Nearby homes and neighbours
Children and pets
Shade and ventilation
Reliable water
Local forage
Storm-secure placement
Inspection access
How it works
A straightforward path to your own hive.
Colonies are living livestock, so timing depends on colony strength and availability. We do not rush splits simply to fill an order.
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Tell us about the property
Send your location and a few photographs of the area you have in mind.
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Choose the setup
Nuc, complete hive or a hive with ongoing management support.
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Site & establish
We help choose the position and establish the colony when bees are available.
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Manage & harvest
Take over yourself or arrange ongoing visits and harvest assistance.
Honey from home
A harvest with a genuine sense of place.
If the colony becomes strong enough to produce surplus honey, that harvest reflects the flowers, trees, gardens and seasonal conditions around your own part of Antigua.
Interested in a home hive?
Tell us where you are in Antigua.
Send your location, a photograph of the proposed area and whether you are interested in a nuc, complete hive or managed hive. We can then talk through suitability, availability and the level of support you want.
