A LITTLE ABOUT US

Ellen Bell founded Bell Farm in 2014 when she and her family moved from the city to the country with 2 beehives and a dream. Over the years, we have raised chickens for meat and eggs, grown a variety of produce for local restaurants, operated a CSA program, and grown our beekeeping operation significantly.

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Today, we still operate our business on our 10 acre farm, about 12 miles southeast of Des Moines, Iowa. Ellen manages anywhere from 50-500 colonies of bees, depending on the time of year. While we do still keep chickens, our primary line of business continues to be beekeeping. We teach a variety of beekeeping classes, raise our own queens, and sell bees to beekeepers around the midwest.

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If you are interested in beekeeping, local food, or small-scale, sustainable agriculture, we hope you'll follow along with us on our journey.