Beatty's Miller Canyon Apiary & Orchard

Beatty's Miller Canyon Apiary & Orchard is located at 2173 East Miller Canyon Road in Hereford, Arizona. The Orchard is between the Carr/9220 and Miller/9466 peaks in Miller Canyon in the basin at an elevation of 5800 feet. The monsoon Clouds of summer form earlier, in the winter the Sun doesn't come up as early and it always ends up being hidden by the mountains early. Instead of being irrigated the average rain fall of 32 inches is relied on for watering the Orchard.

The Beatty's Orchard uses natural methods such as using straw or compost to mulch the trees and using wood ashes and manure for fertilizing. There are thirteen hundred trees covering thirty-four varieties of apples in the orchard. Three varieties ripen in the summer, eight in the fall and twenty-three ripen in the winter.

Beatty's Miller Canyon Apiary is no longer keeping bees although the facility does sell honey. The Orchard & Apiary are part of the Beatty's Guest Ranch and Orchard LLC. The ripening schedule of the apples trees in the orchard, pricing, directions or general information about the guest ranch can be obtained by contacting the Beatty's Miller Canyon Apiary & Orchard directly. The guest ranch is a great way to spend a vacation.