Adopt A Queen Bee Or Queen Hive | One-Year Bee Sponsorship
Adopt a Queen Bee or Queen Hive and support local honey bees through our One-Year Bee Sponsorship Program. Your sponsorship helps provide hive equipment, colony care, and sustainable beekeeping practices for honey bees living in our Finger Lakes apiary in New York.
This adoption is a sponsorship program designed to support honey bee care and conservation. No live bees, queens, colonies, or hives are sold, transferred, or shipped.
What Is a Queen Bee or Hive Adoption?
👑 Queen Bee or Hive Adoption Our premium adoption level, inspired by the queen bee who serves as the heart of the colony and helps ensure the hive's future.
When you adopt a Queen Bee or Hive through Fingerlakes Honey Company, you're helping support honey bees that live in our apiary in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York.
The queen bee is the heart of the hive, responsible for laying eggs and helping ensure the colony's continued growth and success. Your one-year sponsorship helps provide resources needed to maintain healthy colonies, including hive equipment, bee care, hive maintenance, and sustainable beekeeping practices.
The bees remain in our care, where they continue their important work pollinating crops, gardens, orchards, and wildflowers throughout the Finger Lakes region.
Whether you're purchasing for yourself or as a thoughtful gift, you'll be helping support healthy honey bee colonies and local beekeeping for an entire year.
Important: This adoption is a sponsorship program. No live bees, queens, colonies, or hives are sold, transferred, or shipped.
🚗Pickup: Local pickup and limited local delivery available
📦 Shipping: Available everywhere for "Adopt a Bee"
For "Adopt a Hive"- Shipping: State restrictions may apply. We can substitute a non-food item for the honey if needed.
See our Shipping Information page.
✅ Shipping Fee Guarantee
Because shipping costs vary based on weight, distance, and carrier rates, you may occasionally pay slightly more than the actual shipping cost.
If that happens, you choose what happens to the difference:
• 💳 Refunded to your original payment method, or
• 🐝 Donated to help support our bees and beekeeping work
No hidden fees. No automatic upcharges. Just honesty and a little extra good in the world.
