G's Bees Apiary

10/06/2026

UPDATE: The show will go on only Sunday from 11 to 6:30pm due to the weather.

This year we will be in Blueridge for The Arts in the Park. Hoping to see y’all there! 🤗🍁🌾🍂🌻🧡

10/04/2026

Another fun day at John C Campbell Fall festival! 🍁🍂🌻🌾🧡

10/01/2026

It’s still happening this weekend, rain or shine! John C Campbell Fall Festival! 10-5pm Saturday and Sunday
More than 200 crafters, music, dancers, 25 food vendors and your favorite bee keepers!!!
Don’t miss it! 😉😁🌻

09/27/2026

09/26/2026

🐝 FARM STAND TRAIL SPOTLIGHT- G’s Bees Apiary 🐝

Jim and Guylaine, (also known as G), Crabtree are the Founders and Owners of G’s Bees Apiary since 2016. Jim and Guylaine maintain 40-50 bee hives in Blairsville/Young Harris, GA. Their Bee Keeping journey started in 2013 and turned into a business in 2016. In 2019 Jim and Guylaine became “Certified Beekeepers” through the UGA Bee Institute Master Beekeeper Program. Along with their formal education they have a mountain man in Blairsville as their mentor since 2015. Jim and G make specialty honey products, while harvesting local honey twice a year, spring (Wildflower) and summer (Sourwood). Through their business, G’s Bees Apiary, have taught several classes and provided educational tours/experiences at their farm. Jim and G have worked with the Union County Ag program for middle and high school FFA students, presented classes to Master Gardener groups, private groups and given educational tours to home schooled kids, church groups and families. And of course, Beekeeping classes taught at their farm. They both work with the bees year around, extract honey, build and maintain equipment, market and sell their products, just husband and wife, no employees. G’s Bees Apiary sell their products through local festivals, a few local small shops and their farm. Guylaine makes unique honey products, and Jim helps of course. She makes two flavors of Creamed Honey, hand pulled Honey Taffy, Beeswax candles, Comb Honey, Vanilla infused Honey and Lavender infused Honey. Guylaine’s mother makes Aprons for us, they send her bee themed fabric and she sends back handmade Bee Aprons. Jim and Guylaine take pride in caring for their Honey Bees while trying to educate each person who visits at the apiary or festivals.
"We have entered a whole new world of friends and experiences through beekeeping, and we are truly grateful. We look forward to each new spring to see what flavors the blossoms and Bees will have for our honey. We enjoy meeting new customers and visiting with repeat customers/friends. You can follow us on Facebook “G’s Bees Apiary” (we do not have a website.) 🐝

09/25/2026

See you on Main Street this Sunday! 🌻 🐝

09/19/2026

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09/17/2026

We will be there! Booth #3 🧡

09/07/2026

🐝 Fall is in the air and what a better place than Vogel State Park to enjoy it!! 🍯 🍂 🍁 See y’all there!

09/04/2026

Wow! 😮 Awesome!!

A groundbreaking study examining the relationship between beekeeping and longevity has revealed that apiarists (beekeepers) may possess a distinct biological advantage that allows them to age more slowly than the general population. Published in the journal PMC, the research focused on telomeres—the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that serve as a crucial indicator of cellular aging. Scientists discovered that beekeepers had significantly longer telomeres than non-beekeepers of the same age. Because telomeres naturally shorten as cells replicate and degrade over time, the maintenance of greater telomeres length among beekeepers provides direct, molecular evidence of a delayed biological clock and a reduced rate of cellular senescence (senescent cells are often called “zombie cells” because they refuse to die despite being heavily damaged, and they can “infect” surrounding healthy cells with dysfunction).

Researchers attribute this anti-aging phenomenon primarily to the regular, long-term consumption and handling of nutrient-dense bee products. The study demonstrated that both the duration of years spent consuming these products and the daily frequency of their intake directly correlated with longer telomeres. Hive elements such as raw honey, propolis, and royal jelly are densely packed with potent antioxidants and bioactive compounds that actively combat oxidative stress and promote cellular repair. Additionally, consistent exposure to the anti-inflammatory properties of bee venom—combined with the outdoor physical activity and mindfulness required to keep a colony calm—creates a unique environmental synergy that effectively acts as a natural defense against the traditional markers of aging.

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