The Bee-log
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🐝 Getting bees out of the snow
Andrew getting our hives out of the snow, and stacking them up for the trip out west. What's new on the farm: Happy December! I can't believe I'm saying that and we are just about ready to move the bees...
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The ongoing trials of running a 100-Year old caramel machine
Our purple Model K caramel wrapper in action What's new on the farm: Happy November! The weather has been cool and biting, which has been great for our bees. They are still sitting in our home yard waiting to go...
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Nearly all done in Saskatchewan!
A throwback photo from fall 2020 when we loaded up the semi-trailer for the move to Vancouver Island! What's new on the farm: Things are winding down here in Saskatoon, and we are looking forward to the move to Vancouver...
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Getting Rid of Mites
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...
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How to keep the honey flow going
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...
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Queen bees from across the world
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...