Little Creek Honey Bee Sanctuary in Norfolk, VA
A project in Norfolk, VA by Shawn Akers000days
:
00hours
:
00minutes
Funding Successful
Help us save the honey bees please! We are first year bee keepers with 14 hives that are in danger and need your support!
Backers: 34
Average Pledge Per Backer: $26
Funded: $891 of $550
Dates: Nov 25th -> Dec 25th (30 days)
Project By: Shawn Akers
Backers: 34
Average Pledge Per Backer: $26
Funded: $891 of $550
Dates: Nov 25th -> Dec 25th (30 days)
Project By: Shawn Akers
$891
current pledge level
Last Updated: December 25 @ 17:01 -0500 GMT
162%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Now you can share!
Help your backers reach your daily goals and help others see how you're doing. It's easy, with Kicktraq Mini.Here are a few quick snippits of code you can use to embed your personalized widget on your website, in your blog, and even on your favorite forum.
HTML for websites & blogs
Copy HTMLBBCode for forums
Copy BBCodeReddit code for... well, Reddit
Copy Reddit CodeSpecial Note: Kickstarter recently disabled remote embedding for images on project pages, so embedding code doesn't work on project pages (yet) - just everywhere else.
You can read more about it here.
Latest News
Unseasonable weather 
December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Its 74 degrees here on Dec 23rd.... even the bees don't know what the heck is going on! They are out gathering a little pollen even though its rainy out :/ We actually NEED it to get cold soon for their sake. If it stays warm they will continue to... (Read More)
Surplus
December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
We just want you all to know that any funds that are left over after the purchase of the thermal camera, will go directly towards much needed new equipment for the bees :) We are so excited, thank you! (Read More)
!!!!!!
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, thank you all for your support! We are very grateful and appreciative that you would choose to help our little honey bee sanctuary :) We will order the thermal camera as soon as the funds become available and we will continue to post... (Read More)
Confused tree...
December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Our poor confused orange tree just started blooming, probably due to the strangly warm weather this past week. It smells amazing and our bees are all over it :) (Read More)
:D
December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support. we are very excited to be so close to our goal! So, thank you, from our family to yours :) (Read More)
Dinner bell
December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The weather is nice, but the Forage is low, so we are doing a little open feeding today (Read More)
Traffic jam :0
December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
There is a bit of a traffic jam at most of the hive entrances today, which is actually a good thing. Reducing the entrances like this help them defend the hive and helps keep the bees from stealing from each other and instead go forage. (Strong hives... (Read More)
Daaaaa bees
December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Another ugly cold rainy day. We got some good time in the apiary yesterday though. We had to condense one hive down from two deeps to one deep and a medium. They had a whole box that was just empty comb, which does them no good. We began feeding the... (Read More)
Feeding Time!
December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
It is a brisk 50 degrees in the sun, so we took this opportunity to feed the bees a special mix of honey, sugar syrup and lemongrass oil today. They are going absolutely nuts over it. I had to brush them off the bucket before we came back in the... (Read More)
Last minute foraging
December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have no idea what type of bush this is, but our girls are all over every time it goes above 55 degrees :) (Read More)
A thought for our campaign contributors
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
If you would like to follow us on Tumblr, you will be able to "follow the bees" and get updates and pictures from our little honey bee sanctuary throughout the coming winter :) (Read More)
Drizzly day :/
November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Well today was foggy and drizzly, so the girls didn't get to forage too far from home. (Honey Bees usually forage up to 3-5 miles from their hive for nectar and pollen!) We had to shrink one hive from a "double deep" set up, down into "single deep"... (Read More)
Wow
November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all for sharing this Kickstarter campaign on Facebook and Tumblr, we are thrilled to get such a response from all of you :) (Read More)
If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!