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

Beginner

SPRING 2025 APPRENTICESHIP

Our beginner beekeeping courses for 2024 are currently complete, and we are now booking for 2025! 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

Spring 2025 Queen Grafting

We are offering a queen grafting course on May 17th! Luke and Steve will teach the course with hands on experience with a small variety of grafting tools and equipment. Results of the grafting will be shared after we have results from the course. Course is limited to 5 people.

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Riverview Road Apiary

Spring (April) 2025 Nucs For Sale

$200.00 USD
$200.00 USD
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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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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
  • Honey Dipper Bottles
    $1000
    $1000
    Sold out

Riverview Road Apiary

Blended Honey

$5.00 USD
$5.00 USD
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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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Custom Painted Beehives

Our Available Custom Painted Beehives.
  • Custom Painted Mountain Drive Beehive
    $22500
    $22500
    Sold out

1

Swarms Captured 2025

57

Hives Maintained

15

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!

Honeybee Removal

We safely and humanely relocate honeybee swarms and colonies in the spring, summer and the fall.

Learn About the Process

  • Honeybee Hive Removal
    $40000
    $40000
    Sold out

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