Honeybee Rescue · Raw Oregon Honey

We rescue honeybees — and our honey is the result.

Soil and Hive removes and rehomes colonies from buildings and trees across Portland Metro and the Tualatin and Willamette Valleys. Your bees join our own apiaries, kept with OMRI-listed practices — the same hives behind our Oregon State Fair award-winning honey.

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OMRI-listed practices Oregon State Fair award winner Bees protected Rehomed to our own Tualatin Valley apiaries
Our Core Work

Honeybee rescue, removal & rehoming

Sally has been rescuing honeybees since 2015 — over a decade of bringing colonies home alive — and Soil and Hive is her vision. Whether it's a swarm hanging from a branch or a colony built deep into a wall, roof, chimney, or tree, our teams of specialists, led on-site by Clay, carry that work forward: every rescued colony joins Sally's Tualatin Valley apiaries, kept with OMRI-listed, organic-approved inputs — the same hives behind her Oregon State Fair award-winning honey.

  1. I.

    Call us — we move fast

    A swarm won't wait, and neither do we. Bees on a branch today can be inside your walls within days — we capture them before that happens, or handle prevention if scouts are already looking at your home.

  2. II.

    We remove the colony

    Our team removes it live and intact — whether that means a branch or opening up a wall, roof, chimney, or tree.

  3. III.

    Rehomed for good

    Every colony is rehomed exclusively to one of our own apiaries in the Tualatin Valley, where they keep making honey.

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Seeing scout bees? Don't wait.

Scout bees checking out your eaves or siding can mean a colony is hours — maybe a day or two — from moving in. You may hear "just leave them alone," but once bees settle inside a wall, a quick capture becomes a far more expensive structural removal. We offer a temporary swarm prevention service to help discourage a colony from moving in. Bees make no promises — but acting early gives you the best chance.

Why Homeowners Choose Us

The rescues most beekeepers won't take on

Colonies built into walls, roofs, chimneys, and trees are difficult, skilled work — and when you hire Soil and Hive, your bees don't just get taken away. They join the hives behind Sally's award-winning honey.

Award-winning craft

Our honey, honeycomb, beeswax, and beekeeping art win at the Oregon State Fair year after year — proof of how well our hives are kept.

OMRI-listed practices

We treat our hives only with OMRI-listed, organic-approved inputs. Your rescued bees get the same care.

Trained, not improvised

Led by Sally, our lead beekeeper, educated through Oregon State University's Master Beekeeper Program — supported by her son Clay, lead rescuer, a Journeyman Beekeeper through the University of Montana now pursuing his MS in Entomology with an apiculture focus, and teams of specialists on every job.

You know where they go

Every colony is rehomed exclusively to our own Tualatin Valley apiaries — not passed along, not "relocated" somewhere vague.

The Proof Is in the Jar

Taste what rescued bees make

Every jar comes from our own Tualatin Valley apiaries — the same hives your rescued colony would join, raised with OMRI-listed practices.

Raw & unfiltered

Honey
Straight from the frame

Honeycomb
Rendered by hand

Beeswax & Candles
This Season's Jars

What the rescued colonies are making

Spring Wildflower

Polyfloral — 100s of sources

From the hills around the Tualatin Valley and the valley floor below, in spring bloom.

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Summer Wildflower

Polyfloral — 100s of sources

The same hills and valley floor, later in the season — different every year.

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Linden

Tilia

Bright and delicately floral, gathered from linden trees during their brief summer bloom.

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Lavender

Lavandula

Soft and fragrant with a gentle herbal finish, gathered while the lavender rows are in full bloom.

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Beekeeper Sally at the Soil and Hive booth, behind a row of blue-ribbon raw Oregon honey jars under the Soil and Hive banner
Rows of blooming lavender at April Farms' Lavender Farm in Gaston, Oregon, with the Soil and Hive tasting tent set up among the fields
The Soil and Hive tasting table set with jars of raw honey, honeycomb, and hand-poured beeswax candles
Taste Before You Take Home

Come taste the honey for yourself

This year is a special one: we're tasting and selling this season's spring honey — freshly harvested right from April Farms' lavender farm — poured among the very rows where the bees made it.

There's no substitute for a spoonful. Taste your way through our raw, unfiltered honeys, meet the beekeeper, and take home honey and beeswax straight from the hive.

While you're there, wander the rows and cut a fresh bouquet of lavender to bring home with you.

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Sally's Story
"For Christmas, my son signed me up for a beekeeping class. I've never really left the hive since."

What began as a single hive in 2015 turned into an education through Oregon State University's Master Beekeeper Program, a seat on the local beekeeper's club board, and years spent teaching 4‑H kids and market-goers about pollinators. Today Sally's hives win ribbons at the Oregon State Fair year after year — honey, honeycomb, beeswax, and beekeeping art. That son is Clay, now her lead rescuer — a Journeyman Beekeeper through the University of Montana, pursuing his MS in Entomology with an apiculture focus — who brings the colonies home to her apiaries with teams of specialists on every job. Rescuing bees rather than exterminating them, and raising them without synthetic treatments, was never up for debate — it's the whole reason Soil and Hive exists.

— Sally, lead beekeeper

Kind Words

Let our customers speak for us

★★★★★
"Soil and Hive was so helpful. They came out the same day I called to evaluate a hive on our property. They were very informative and friendly. Would highly recommend."
Emily M.
★★★★★
"Fantastic honey and beeswax wonders, will be a repeat customer for sure. Easy to navigate online ordering system and quick turn around for order pickup, beautiful honeys ranging from golden to amber to dark molasses. Thank you so much for the wonderful service you provide our communities."
Midna P.
★★★★★
"I traveled to Oregon from Texas to visit friends and was looking for local honey. Luckily I found soil and hive. Nice friendly people, good taste authentic and fresh raw honey. Highly recommended."
C C
★★★★★
"Quick and courteous service. Amazing honey! Will be a repeat customer, for sure."
Jamey J.
★★★★★
"Soil & Hive was great!!"
Erik K.

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Bees where they shouldn't be? We're nearby.

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