Spicer Bees strives to provide everything a Maine beekeeper needs to be successful. The store carries woodenware, tools, feeders, protective clothing, mite treatments, honey extracting supplies and more. We believe in being there for the beekeeper to answer questions besides offering a full-service beekeeping supply store. It is our intention to be an educational resource for those interested in keeping bees and those already experienced beekeepers. Our demonstration bee yard is set up to assist people who have questions, wish to improve their knowledge, and experience many different hive configurations and the management techniques that go with each. Check out our events page for a current listing of classes and events we are offering and plan to visit us on “Open Hive Saturdays”. We’d love to see you and talk bees. If you have ideas as to the type of sessions you’d like to see offered send us a message and we’ll see what we can do. Brian is also available to give talks to groups.
The store is located in a rural part of the state made up of farms and forest in beautiful Whitefield, Maine, considered the Midcoast region on the bordering central Maine. When driving here, please watch for horse drawn buggies as we have an expanding Amish community.
We look forward to meeting you at the bee store.
History
David and Susan Spicer established Spicer Bees in the spring of 2013 when Rick Cooper, Maine’s First Master Beekeeper, decided to retire from his beekeeping supply business of 25 years in Bowdoinham, Maine. Dave and Sue Spicer ran the business from their front yard in Whitefield until 2022 at which time Brian Mason took over. Brian built a new building and moved the business across town to its current location on Mills Road in Whitefield a mile from Route 17. Brian’s bee experience started working with Paul Dumont, former owner of Sunshine Apiary and Humble Abodes. He started his own colonies once he had a place to keep bees.