The Bee-log

What's new on the farm: During most of the summer, our hives are spread out in groups of 40 across many farmers' fields. We call these "outyards". We do this so that there is enough food for each hive, and...

What's new on the farm: Happy October, everyone! It's been a month since I wrote our last newsletter. A lot has happened in that time; we're only just keeping up! We've had our first frost, and winter preparation has been...

Scratching wax cappings off a honey frame What's new on the farm: And just like that, it's September. We have done two rounds of harvesting so far and we are starting our third round this week. For each round, we...

The sky full of bees at one of our yards. What's new on the farm: It's been almost two weeks since harvest has been underway. The yields have been promising so far! Some of our yards have hives that have...

Mini hives used for mating our own queens What's new on the farm: The honey is flowing! To tell the truth, honey is always flowing throughout the season as long as flowers are blooming. Most of the time, that honey...

Buckfast queen bees from Italy waiting to be put into hives. What's new on the farm: This weekend, 300 queens from Italy arrived in Saskatoon. Andrew worked all weekend to get the hives split up and ready to receive the...