Bee Yards
This page includes a listing of persons who have expressed interest in having honey bee colonies placed on their property.
Posting an Available Site
If you are a landowner interested in having an apiary placed on acreage, send the Location, a Description of the Property, the Number of Colonies to be placed (if known), along with your Name and Contact Information to orsbawebmaster@gmail.com for posting. Postings of available locations are at no cost to the landowner.
Please review the disclaimer at the bottom of this page, and take care in letting us know when a request has been fulfilled so that we can remove the listing!
Responding to Postings
This page is open to the public, and responding beekeepers do not need to be members of OSBA. Please note that there is typically no charge to the landowner for placing bees on the listed sites.
Available Bee Yard Locations
| Location | Description of Site | Number of Colonies Needed | Contact |
| Between Wilsonville and West Linn near the Willamette River | Acre of land with house toward the front of the property; a large area in the back and on each side. Most of the lot is wooded and natural; there is also a section that is fairly clear of trees. There are some flowering plants, and bee watering stations are set up. Neighbors are fine with this; one of them already has a couple of hives that seem to be thriving. | Apiary request | Lynn Van Zandt nomail@astound.net |
| Camas Valley along Highway 140 East, approximately 8-10 miles out of Lakeview | 36 acres, upper portion is timber, but the lower portion has organic meadow and Camas Creek running through it, where hives are to be placed. Some cattle graze from local rancher in surrounding tax lots. | Hives placed in exchange for some free honey. | Taylor Albertson 541.698.6048 taylorpalbertson@gmail.com |
| Holly Lane, Oregon City, Or 97045 | Property is 3 acres. Two acres have recently been cleared and are a grass field. The other acre has a variety of rhododendrons, wild flowers, and other plants. | Need to work out. | Tanya Skaper tanyaskaper@yahoo.com |
| 7851 SE Deline St Hillsboro OR 97123 | 1/3 acre, no chemicals or pesticides, next to a green space. Yard has 100+ plants, as well as a few trees and vegetable garden. Neighbors with yards full of plants and don't spray chemicals. | 1 | Dani Dykone dmascone@gmail.com 541.497.0280 |
| 21610 S Sweetbriar Circle West Linn OR 97068 | Property is 4.5 acres. It is a mix of forest and pasture. There is a vegetable garden as well as a few fruit trees. | Not sure how many; preference is to start small with 1. | Chris Greyerbiehl 503.806.2356 |
| 1134 NE Dean St Portland OR | Backyard platinum habitat formerly certified. Organic. Gotta whack the buttercups, any vinca to be recertified. Bought the house 30+ years ago from beekeepers, so lots of year-round blooms. | 2 | Anjala Ehelebe anji@teleport.com |
| Abbott Claim Vineyard 11011 NE Bayliss Rd. Carlton OR 97111 www.abbottclaim.com | Abbott Claim is a 170-acre property located on the Savannah Ridge that is a mix of vineyards, wheat fields, fallowed areas, pollinator conversion corridors, and woodland. Our intention is to continue to diversify the land through polyculture, ecological areas, pollinator corridors, and habitat improvements for long-term resiliency. | A site visit would likely be necessary to determine how many hives will be necessary. | Heath Payne, Viticulturist Abbott Claim heath@abbottclaim.com |
| Deux Vert Vineyard Yamhill OR | The vineyard is 80 acres (28 acres of grapes) with oak, hazelnut, and olive trees on site and plans for a garden. | Will need to work out number and location of hives. | Quinn Stepan quinn@deuxvertvineyard.com |
| Sherwood OR | Five-acre property in Sherwood that is backed up to a nature preserve. Property owner sprays for weeds and wants specific information on how to manage with bees. | 1 | Amber Schlosser 831.461.4712 |
| Sunny south slope in Astoria OR | Residential lot 5,662 sq ft. with pollinator stopover gardens in both the front and back yards. Natives and perennials, as well as natural dye flowers, several camilla, azalea, and rhododendrons and a hedge of fuchsias. Out of the way spots protected from the elements. | 1 | Erica Clark 907.482.0680 |
| Andrews Road Lake Oswego 97034 | Property butts up to Tryon Creek which is full of nice blackberry bushes. Yard is clear and free of pesticides with good sun exposure. | 1–2 | Courtney Daly courtney.daly@comcast.net 650.544.7123 |
Disclaimer
The Oregon State Beekeepers Association does not a) provide assurances as to any particular beekeeper’s ability to successfully fulfill such contracts, or b) have any knowledge as to whether a particular beekeeper has a local contractor’s license, bonding capability, or liability insurance relative to their beekeeping activities.