The Honey

What is Raw Honey?

Many companies use the term, 'raw', loosely and most are heated to aid the bottling process. We take the word, raw, seriously. RAW should mean what consumers think it should mean. It should compare to a raw potato - not baked, not fried, and not mash

What are the health benefits of honey?

Honey has been used by multiple cultures from Ancient China to Ancient Egypt for thousands of years as medicine. It's been used to treat wounds, used as a cough suppressant, and as an immune system booster. Honey is one of few natural medicines that

What is propolis?

Bees produce not only honey but also propolis. Propolis is made from mostly tree saps, not flower nectar or pollen. Bees use this substance as caulking material when building their hives. It’s been used for thousands of years by different civilizatio

My wildflower honey has turned yellow and there's white foam. What happened?

Our wildflower honey will start out as light golden liquid in the beehive. Then it crystallizes within weeks of extraction. We then churn and bottle the honey - without using heat - into jars. During this process, air bubble will get trapped inside.

What makes honey organic? How can you certify honey as organic?

Just like the term, 'raw', Our organic honey is seriously organic. Because bees can fly to any sweet source for their honey, we must control the area where we place the hives. Organic apiculture in Canada is governed by the Canadian Organic Standards

Are all your products organic?

No, not all of our products are certified organic, although the majority are. However, even our non-certified honey undergoes rigorous testing for pesticide and antibiotic residues. Additionally, our apiaries are strategically located away from agric

Do you feed bees sugar? Is there sugar in your honey?

No, we leave enough honey in the beehive for the bees to survive the Winter. In emergencies that may arise from weather and colony health, we may feed organic syrup to bees. But the feed would have long been used up by the bees before we harvest hone

I receive my honey and it is very hard (or runny). What happened?

Honey is temperature sensitive. When the ambient temperature is cold, it will get harder. When it's warm, it will get softer. This is natural and we cannot control it, nor do we want to control it.

How should I store my honey?

A short answer is that you should store it in room temperature. Honey does not require refrigeration. In detail for best practice:. Our creamy honey is best served and stored in room temperature, around 18°C to 27°C. If your wildflower honey is store

Is your wildflower honey creamed?

We do not use heat or seed honey to cream our honey which is the typical process involved in creaming. It is naturally crystallized honey that has been churned at low speeds for consistency. However, the Canadian government has deemed that because ou