Owners: Barb Thyr & Dave Tharle Location: Ardmore Social info: Facebook Question: How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Answer: My parents were married just before WW II and had a number of hired men on the farm. Sugar was rationed during the war, so my mother...
Owners: Lorne & Alida Prins Location: Gull Lake, Alberta Social info: Facebook Question: How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Answer: Compared to many of the people reading this we are relatively new to the beekeeping scene. This is our 4th season as a commercial operation and...
Owners: Zwiers Family Location: Foothills, Alberta Social info: Website Question: How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Answer: Jon- I got involved at a very young age. My very first job was just taking off the lids and then putting them back on once my dad and...
Owners: Glyn and Shevelle Stephens Location: Spruce Grove, AB Social info: www.revivalqueenbees.com www.instagram.com/revivalqueenbees/ vm.tiktok.com/ZMeyDL1H6 www.facebook.com/revivalqueenbees How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Glyn grew up breeding queen bees at his family’s apiary in New Zealand. His parents were commercial queen breeders and he and his 4 siblings started helping with beekeeping...
Enter your Alberta honey and hive products in the 2023 Alberta Honey & Hive Contest and be in the running to win over $1000 in cash prizes! The ABC has partnered with Farmfair International to bring you the 2023 Alberta Honey Show where a panel of experienced judges will determine the cream (and liquid and...
Enter your Alberta honey and hive products in the 2021 Alberta Honey & Hive Contest and be in the running for over $1000 in cash prizes! The ABC has partnered with Farmfair International to bring you the 2021 Alberta Honey Show where a panel of experienced judges will determine the cream (and liquid and flavoured!)...
Owners: Connie and Andrew McNeil Location: Bezanson, Alberta Social info: Facebook Website Question: How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Answer: The summer of 1985, I worked for Peter Beerman south of Calgary and got “bitten by the bug.” I always remembered that job as a cool way...
Owners: Barbara and Justin Sorenson Location: Calmar, Alberta Social info: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Question: How did you get involved in this sweet industry – what’s your story? Answer: Our bee farm began in 2012 when I started hobby beekeeping with two packages of bees. After having success over several seasons, I decided...