"Hi Chris,
Welcome. We teach beekeeping and sell honeybees if you need help. Our website is www.nmhoney.com. We run 600 hives up and down the valley and in Edgewood. Take a look at the ag exemption and see if it will apply to…"
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Ed Costanza
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Reduce Your Property Taxes with Honey Bees - NM Agriculture Exemption
We have posted a class on our website that covers the NM Agriculture exemption for honeybees as livestock to help reduce property taxes for those who own properties that exceed 1.5 acres. The state…Continue
Tags: reduce, your, property, taxes, livestock
Started Dec 1, 2019
Queens for Sale (marked Italians and Carniolans)
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I will have marked Italian and Carniolan queens this next week. Contact me if you want to purchase one or more. I have over 100. Continue
Tags: Carnioian, Italian, Queens
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bridget C Montano Sep 28, 2019.
wholesale pricing on nucleus hives
We are now offering wholesale pricing on nucleus beehives. We will have 600 nucleus hives this spring and another 500 this summer. We are looking for people across the southwest who would like to…Continue
Started Feb 5, 2019
Package Bees to be delivered Thursday, April 11, 2019
Taking orders for package bees. Delivery is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, 2019 and Thursday April 11, 2019. See our website at www.nmhoney.com. Packages…Continue
Started Dec 6, 2018
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Ed Costanza left a comment for Bridget C Montano
"Hi Bridget, give Lou a call at 505-286-4843 and she will reserve the bees for you. I am in the process of switching all my videos from Vimeo to YouTube. We will start doing live streams this week. The first one will be on…"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Jack Hoffman
"Hi Jack, Everything is weather dependent, but the average dates are as follows:
Triple deeps from 4/1 to 5/1
Packages 4/15
nucs 4/15 to 5/1
Singles 4/15 to 5/1
The packages, nucs and singles are dependent on when mated queens are…"
Bridget C Montano left a comment for Ed Costanza
"Hello,
I’ve spoken to your wife before. I would like to add 2 hives to my yard this year so I’ll want to buy some bees from you. What is your YouTube channel?
Thanks,
Bridget Montaño "
Ed Costanza left a comment for Mara Hoffman
"Hi Mara,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Jill Ross
"Hi Jill,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Manny Bencomo
"Hi Manny,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Michelle Strickland
"Hi Michelle,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Emily Schmick
"Hi Emily,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for carlos darko
"Hi Carlos,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Joy Vasan
"Hi Joy,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com We…"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Jennifer Mendoza
"Hi Jennifer,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Allison Moore
"Hi Allison,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Lisa Moore
"Hi Lisa,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
Ed Costanza left a comment for Daniel Dawes
"Hi Daniel,
My wife, Louella (Lulu) and I are beekeepers in the area. I have been keeping bees since 1965. We run up to 600 hives in the busy season. Call if you have questions or need help (505-286-4843) www.nmhoney.com …"
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- About me:
- We are commercial beekeepers. I have been a beekeeper since 1965. We raise bees to sell, produce honey, beeswax and pollen. We sell 500-600 packages, nucs and hives each year. We produce local raw, pesticide free honey, pollen and beeswax.
We are licensed pest control operators specializing in bee removal and termite inspection and treatments.
I was raised on an apple orchard in Belen (1962-Present),(1100 trees, 14 varieties). Our next door neighbor (Mr. Fowler, a mailman) kept about 25 hives of bees on his property. When he died his family gave the bees to us for our orchard. My father and uncle tried unsuccessfully to remove the honey from the hives the first summer and was stung so many times that my father developed an allergy to the stings. Before the age of 14 I became the family beekeeper. I was given lessons by a beekeeper in Peralta that summer and have been keeping bees ever since.
In 2005 our father (Robert Costanza) died. Seeing that all my brothers and sisters (2 brothers and 3 sisters) wanted to be a part of the heritage my parents had started my wife, Louella and I started 120 fruit trees in Edgewood.
Louella and I farm 8 acres, producing fruits and vegetables for the local farm markets. In 2011 we began to concentrate more on Apples, Peaches, Cherries, Plums, Apricots, Strawberries, Asparagus, Melons, Tomatoes, Onions, and Peppers.
We teach beginning and commercial beekeeping in NM, AZ, TX and OK. In the fall we teach elementary students when time permits for Kids, Kows and More in Santa Fe and Torrance County.
Our goal is to build up to 1,000 hives and place them in key locations within Albuquerque and on special farms that produce alfalfa, clover and seed crops that are controlled and managed by the beekeeper.
We believe in sharing the exciting lessons of beekeeping and farming that we have learned over the years and have a strong desire to organize workshops where we can all work together to learn and to build up our businesses.
- I use the following type of bee hives:
- Top bar, Langstroth
- My bee hives are primarily located here (ZIP code):
- 87002
- How best to reach me (Public email or phone)
- 505-286-4843
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North American Beekeepers Conference in Galveston, TX (January 4-9)
My wife, Louella and I attended the North American Beekeepers Conference that was held in Galveston the first week of January and have many thoughts and highlites to share with those who may have questions.
The two most important lessons we brought back from the conference that would help all of us is:
1. We must feed our bees a protein source when there is no pollen coming in.
2. It is critical we re-queen every…
ContinuePosted on January 20, 2011 at 9:17am
Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 8:40am on December 11, 2019,
Jack Hoffman said…
HI...when will you have hives/Nucs available?
- At 8:23am on December 11, 2019,
Hello,
I’ve spoken to your wife before. I would like to add 2 hives to my yard this year so I’ll want to buy some bees from you. What is your YouTube channel?
Thanks,
Bridget Montaño
- At 3:35pm on December 15, 2015,
Melodie D'Amour said…
Thank you Ed! I will be in touch this season!
- At 9:34am on January 12, 2015,
- This is not a problem. Thank you .
- At 8:41pm on March 31, 2012,
robert fraley said…
Hi Ed, My name is Robert I live in Sandia Park. I've been looking for bees for sale. I was told that you might have some bees, if you do I am interested in purchasing them from you. I can be reached at 508-8828.
- At 11:15am on November 19, 2011,
Robert Stewart-Rogers said…
Not yet, I still lack the space and funds. I'm currently just a bee fan, but would be interested in visiting a hive or volunteering my time for a local beekeeper.
- At 5:48pm on November 12, 2011,
Jean Keller said…
Hello to you and Louella, thanks for the warm welcome. How long have you guys been bee keeping? I'm new to it all but enjoying learning about these bees :-) They sure are neat!
Jean
- At 10:15am on November 9, 2011,
Thank you for the welcome. I have lots of questions, but I'll do some reading before I make inquiries to keep them at a manageable level. I hope to set a hive up in the spring and I have a lot to learn.
- At 11:15am on May 30, 2011,
- Ed,
I got a swarm this year from TJ Carr, thank you. Sorry for the late response, I didn't see your comment/friend request until now.
- At 1:09pm on March 30, 2011,
Jessie Brown said…
- Ed, I never got a chance to thank you for sending contact info for Monica Rudd. I've been making a lot of beauty products and have quite a few questions to pass on to her. Thanks again!
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