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Honeycomb Cottage MN is the 4th Apitherapy Center in the United States.
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10/16/2026

The nights are coming earlier, and we can feel the seasons shifting out here on the land.

The bees are slowing down as the days get shorter and temps drop. They’re spending more time inside the hives, conserving energy, and preparing for the long Minnesota winter ahead. But there’s still a little life and activity humming inside Honeycomb Cottage.

Earlier this week, we welcomed a wonderful group of women, all grandmothers, who came to soak up some of the last fleeting bee energy of the season. There was something pretty magical about sharing that space together as everything around us begins to slow down. It was our first ever session while the Forest Lake Nature School was live! All of the women remarked how amazing it was not just to experience the cottage and the buzz of the bees but to hear children laughing and singing in the distance as well!

We’re likely entering our final week of season three, although we’re hoping this stretch of warm weather gives us a few more opportunities to spend time with the bees.

A big thank you to everyone who made the trip out to Stillwater this year. Whether you came for the bees, the quiet, the curiosity, or simply to experience something new, we’re grateful for all the conversations, stories, and connections that have happened here.

Even as the bees settle in for winter, we’ll still be finding ways to connect and collaborate with some of you throughout the offseason.

Already looking forward to new faces, new stories, and everything season four will bring to this little corner of the St. Croix Valley. 🐝🍂

09/18/2026

Only a few weeks left of year three of Honeybee Therapy at the Cottage. 🐝
every season the bees teach us more and more.

This summer has brought incredible mentors into our lives, new friendships, new connections, new people of all ages through the Honeycomb Cottage, new projects, new ideas, and an even deeper reverence for the honeybee and the ancient relationship humans have shared with them.

We’re still kind of shocked by where all of this has taken us. When we started the Honeycomb Cottage three years ago, we never could have imagined the people we would meet, the things we would learn, or how many different parts of our lives would eventually become connected through the bees.

That’s one of the things we’ve come to love most about sacred beekeeping.

The hive isn’t simply something we take honey from. It becomes a teacher. A gathering place. A living organism that connects us back to the rhythms of the landscape, to one another, and ultimately back to ourselves.

And once you begin organizing life around the bees, it’s amazing how much starts radiating outward from them.

You give to the hive. The hive gives back. And somehow that relationship just keeps expanding.

We are so grateful for every person who has stepped inside the Honeycomb Cottage this year and shared in this strange and beautiful experiment with us.

There are still a few weeks left to experience Honeybee Therapy before the cold brings year three to a close. Until then, the goldenrod and asters are blooming, the hives are humming, and the bees are busy preparing for winter.

Come sit with them here in Stillwater! 🐝🌿

09/10/2026

What an incredible third season it has been at Honeycomb Cottage. 🐝🌿
And this Monday, something new begins.

We’re so excited to welcome Forest Lake Nature School for their first day with Honeycomb Cottage as their host site.
Running a honeybee therapy center has already made this little piece of land in Stillwater unlike almost anywhere else. Now, the hum of the hives will mingle with children playing in the woods, learning from the land, tending plants, getting muddy, asking questions, and growing alongside the natural world.

Bees and apitherapy. Children and education. Native plants, forests and land stewardship. Families and community.
All weaving playing and unfolding together, on the same land!
There is something profoundly special about seeing so many hands, minds and generations becoming part of the same living story.

As our third season winds down and this new chapter begins, we’re overflowing with gratitude for everyone who has helped bring Honeycomb Cottage MN and now this partnership and nature school to life!

To everyone who has tended a hive, planted something, cared for this land, visited the cottage, shared our work, taught a child, or simply believed in what we’re building: thank you.

We truly cannot wait to see what grows here next. 🐝🌲🍯

08/14/2026

Thank you so much Erin Hannon for booking a sesh to bee with and learn about the bees!
As the sole insect responsible for producing food for humans, they have many more wonders to share.
There are many benefits of Apitherapy, aka “Honeybee Therapy”.
For me it was the calming of my nervous system and leaving with a much deeper appreciation for these groovy little creatures 🐝🐝🐝
Check out Honeycomb Cottage MN | Wellness Spa Stillwater in Stillwater if your local for a unique, immersive experience.

08/12/2026

It feels like year three our leap year at Honeycomb Cottage MN has been absolutely packed with learning and beginning to walk more intentionally down this path of natural and sacred beekeeping.

We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have mentors come into our lives from so many different directions, and it feels like we’re learning at a rapid pace. But one thing we just can’t say enough about is the value of simply spending time with the bees. Hands on. Watching. Listening. Being around them day after day.

One of the unexpected gifts of the Cottage has been the opportunity to build our ear for the hive being able to to recognize drones from workers, changes in pitch and intensity, the collective hum of a colony, and the different “songs” a hive seems to sing!

Jacqueline Freeman writes beautifully about this in The Song of Increase, framing the life of the colony through the Song of Unity, the Song of Belonging, the Song of Communion, the Song of the World, the Song of Increase, the Song of Abundance, and the Song of Sharing.

The longer we do this, the more we realize how much there is to hear.

This work has brought us closer together as a couple. It’s brought us closer to this land. It’s made us more observant of the flowers, the weather, the seasons, the movements of insects and animals, and all the subtle changes happening around us.

And it’s brought us deeper into listening into clairaudience, into tuning our ears toward this incredible soundscape and landscape that we get to call home.

There is something profoundly different about tending bees when you begin to approach the hive not simply as something to manage, but as something to listen to.

Three years in, and it feels like we’re only beginning to learn their language. 🐝

08/11/2026

Azula playing with one of her favorite toys in the front yard on one of these late summer days. Ball, stick, Frisbee it doesn’t take much to make her happy. Rolling around in the Dutch white clover just like the bees! with the tall, wispy sweet white clover behind her.

The sweet white clover has been one of the MVPs for the Honeycomb Cottage bees this year. It’s amazing how long it’s continued to flower and how consistently loaded with it’s been these past few months.

Had to capture this one while everything is still green and buzzing. Zula playing and the bees doing their thing in the background, and another summer at the Honeycomb Cottage slowly winding down. Grateful for all the green and life flourishing here on this land . 🐕🐝🌿

08/07/2026

The ladies are hard at work. 🐝

Forager bees orienting, navigating, and flowing in and out of the south-side Honeycomb Cottage hive. These are the incredible bees you’ll be laying directly above during your apitherapy session, experiencing their warmth, vibration, aroma, and the living intelligence of the colony.

With only a few months left in our bee therapy season, we’re excited to welcome everyone joining us this week to witness these remarkable creatures and experience the superorganism of the hive for themselves.

One of the only apitherapy destinations in the United States, right here in Stillwater, Minnesota.

08/06/2026

🐝 August 8 is SOLD OUT! Only 2 spots remain for Sunday, August 16.

This is more than a sound bath—it’s an intimate healing experience unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

Rest comfortably inside the Honeycomb Cottage while surrounded by the gentle healing frequency of thousands of honeybees. During your session, singing bowls are placed both on the body and played around the body, along with other therapeutic sound instruments, creating a deeply immersive experience that helps calm the nervous system and invite profound relaxation and healing of the body.

✨ A unique experience for mind, body & spirit.

💛 Only 2 guests per session
📅 Sunday, August 16 • 10:30 AM
💲$150 per person

Afterward, make a day of it! Enjoy lunch at one of my favorite restaurants The Wild Hare, then stroll through charming downtown Stillwater and explore the local boutiques.

📲 Text 651-767-2988 to reserve your spot. First come, first served.

07/31/2026

So neat to see the bees building out their own comb. This year we switched over to a majority of our frames being foundation less we wanted to give the bees the autonomy to build their own kingdom however they deem fit! And the enhanced aromas within the cottage especially on the west side top bar hive alone have been a real treat to experience and bask in this season.

Address

14747 Manning Trail N
Stillwater, MN
55082

Telephone

+16124708140

Website

http://www.honeycombcottagemn.com/

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