Welcome to Riverview Road Apiary. We practice sustainable beekeeping, teach beginner and advanced beekeeping courses, provide honeybee colony stewardship, offer educational tours, lead honey tastings from a variety of worldwide honey, and sell our award winning raw honey and beeswax products. Come see how sweet it is down by the river.

2025 Spring Classes

riverview road honey

  • Summer Honey
    Wildflower
    $500
    $500
    Sold out
  • Blended Honey
    Wildflower
    $500
    $500
    Sold out
  • Spring Honey
    Wildflower
    $500
    $500
    Sold out
  • Fall Honey
    Wildflower
    $500
    $500
    Sold out
  • Cut Comb Honey from the Illinois Valley River Basin
    $2500
    $2500
    Sold out
  • Chunk Comb - Quart
    $3500
    $3500
    Sold out
  • Spun Honey
    $2500
    $2500
    Sold out

Riverview Road Apiary

Blended Honey

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BEEFRIEND - HONEY BEE STEWARDSHIP

This service offer you the opportunity to own a beehive. We will come set up the hive, fill out the paperwork, place a beehive on your property, and care for the bees. During the season any honey that can be sustainably harvested is extracted and returned to you or we will purchase it for market price. For those who already have hives and equipment and need help managing those hives, we also offer a hive management service for farmers or outfits that have hives and need someone to manage them through the yea

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Beeswax Candles

At Riverview Road Apiary, we invite you to discover the enchanting radiance of our 100% Beeswax Candles. Crafted with utmost care and devotion, these candles are a tribute to the natural beauty of beeswax, hailing from our very own thriving honeybee colonies.

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Beginner

SPRING 2025 APPRENTICESHIP

Our beginner beekeeping courses for 2023 are currently complete, and we are now booking for 2024! Classes include 2 weeks of beekeeping review and equipment assembly and up to 4 weeks of hands on bee handling. Classes are limited to 6 people.

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Advanced

Fall 2025 Queen Grafting

Our advanced beekeeping courses are designed for those who have all their gear, equipment, and bees and are struggling being comfortable in a hive. We offer on hands time, identification of drones, workers, and queens, and show problems and how we tackle those issues in our apiary. We also offer courses on queen grafting encouraging you to graft your own queens and make your own splits to keep your apiary sustainable.

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20

Swarms Captured 2024

57

Hives Maintained

70

Lb of Honey Available

Ever wondered how we are currently doing? Take a look at the impact Riverview Road Apiary is making, and thank you for your continued support. Find our honey at Raber Packing Company, Pita's Mediterranean Wraps, The 50's Diner, and at Hairmasters Unlimited!

Get in Touch with Us

Always feel free to contact us about any questions you may have. You may fill out the form or if you need a more immediate request please call or text us at the number below.

(309) 229-9873
riverviewroadapiary@gmail.com
12000 N Riverview Rd. Chillicothe, IL 61523