Build a Comfort Hive: 2025 Registration

We are happy to welcome you to the land! This year’s gathering will be held rain or shine on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 12pm in Unadilla, NY.

  • Comfort hives are valued by small-scale beekeepers because of their simplicity and flexibility. Participants will build and assemble a Comfort hive, with the option to take one home at cost. Additionally, we will learn about beehive ecosystems to understand the how to mimic the interior of a wild hive.

    Comfort hives are designed by Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries as alternative to the Langstroth, which retails $200 and prioritizes massifying and commodifying a beehive. Comfort hives mimic the size and flow of a wild nest and cost $5–$50 to construct, when using locally-sourced and scrap material.

    Workshop is free. Comfort hives are available for the material cost of $40. Please bring cash.

    • No building experience necessary. Materials and tools provided.

    • This gathering is for beekeepers and land stewards seeking support for biomimicry apiary practices.

    • Children are welcome.

    • Our work upholds alternatives to the dominant beekeeping practices associated with the industrial Langstroth hive and is specific to beekeepers within the environmental climate of the U.S. Northeast.

    • You will receive a confirmation email within 24hrs after registration.

    • If you don’t see a response, please check your spam/junk inbox or email us at backlandny@gmail.com

    • Please do not bring animals.

    • Bring a reusable water bottle. We will have spring water available for refills.

    • Materials and tools are provided. However, feel free to bring your own tools like: work gloves, safety googles, staple gun, circular saw, power drill.

    • This gathering is rain or shine. Please dress according to the weather report, with shoes you don’t mind getting dirty, layers of clothing, a sun hat, sunglasses, UV protection, etc.

    • If you or anyone in your household has been in contact with someone who is sick, or is showing any symptoms of being sick before or on the day of the event, kindly postpone your visit.

    • This is an outdoor event. Masks are optional. There will be a hand-washing station.

    • Before registration, please review and submit our waiver & release form.

    • This waives your rights in the case of an accident or injury and gives us permission to use photos of you.