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What to do in your Arizona Hive in March 2023

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023cricket
What to do in your Arizona Hive in March 2023

Yay! Spring is here and the days are simply beautiful. The mornings are a little chilly, but the sun is out and we have had some rain that makes the flowers bloom. It doesn’t get better than this here in central Arizona. Beekeepers are splitting their hives to sell to…

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Creating a Bee-Friendly Low-Desert Garden

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019cricket
Creating a Bee-Friendly Low-Desert Garden

One of the great things that happens when you become a beekeeper is that you become acutely aware of what is blooming in your area. This also means you probably also become a gardener or at least a garden consultant to all your neighbors.  In the low desert areas of…

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About Me

My name is Cricket Aldridge. I’m a beekeeper, and founder of the Arizona Backyard Beekeepers and the Arizona Honeybee Festival. I absolutely love helping bees and those who keep them. From relocating Africanized hives and re-queening them, to helping beekeepers maintain their own hives, my goal is to make beekeeping seem as do-able as it really is. Hang around me long enough and you’ll be a beekeeper too.

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