Olena grew up in Ukraine, spending summers at grandparents homestead farm. Once she moved to Canada, the memories of grandpa's sweet honey lead her to keeping bees and growing the farm to provide best quality natural honey.
Ethical
- Our honey is ethically-harvested, we take only the excess from what bees need for comfortable and worry-free life.
- We never take honey out just to feed bees with sugar instead.
Sustainable
- We apply good management practices for best health and well-being of bees.
- Our bees are located in a clean environment with multi-floral sources.
- We use individualized approach for each honeybee colony, even if it means more work and time.
- We continue to educate ourselves and stay up to date with regulations and best practices.
- Our beehives are built from local wood.
Natural
- We only offer raw honey that is high quality, not filtered (only strained through large mesh), not heated and not pasteurized.
- We are proud to say that our honey and beeswax are pure and clean of chemicals that leave residue in the hives. We don't apply prophylactic antibiotic treatments as we are focused on preventing diseases and pests inside beehives in the first place. If necessary, we use certified organic treatments strictly following instructions and only during time when honey is not harvested.
Environmentally Conscious
- We plant variety of forage that supports native bees as well as honey bees, and never use insecticides or pesticides.
- We minimize the use of plastic in our beekeeping operation (no plastic frames or foundation which has to be replaced every few years).
- We stick to shopping locally as much as practical.
