Founded in 2016, The Heritage Bee Company are proud to be a family-run local business of professional beekeepers who handcraft and bottle every single jar of honey by hand. From caring for the bees in the field, to extracting honey at their Honey House near Creemore to bottling and labelling each jar, Debbie & Jeff are involved in every step of the way. Local farm to your table. They are affectionally referred to as the friendly beekeepers with huge hearts.
The Heritage Bee Company are producers of all natural, premium Honey Products. They also make beekeeping a possibility through their popular Hive Hosting services. All of their honey is 100% Ontario wildflower honey, sourced from countryside properties that are far from industrial agriculture and free of pesticides, fungicides and herbicides.
Through their Hive Hosting service, they take care of all aspects of hive delivery, set-up, maintenance, and honey extraction for their clients, at their idyllic properties (called ‘You Host’). Key benefits include premium, raw, unpasteurized, hand processed honey directly from your beehive, personalized honey jar labels, pollination benefits and supporting your local environment and ecosystems. Plus knowing that you are making a world of difference for the bees.
About Natural Beekeeping
When bees build their honeycomb they draw off the foundation provided by the beekeeper, matching the cell size. Once the comb is built, the queen bee lays her eggs in the cells and the bees grow to fit the cell size.
About 100 years ago, beekeepers decided to enlarge their bees in an effort to make more honey. The honeycomb cell size was increased from the natural size of 4.9 mm, to an artificially created 5.4 mm. This change forced the bees to grow more, fitting the larger size. The large 5.4mm is now considered industry standard. This measurement is across 10 cells.
We believe larger bees are weaker to pests and disease and require synthetic chemicals and artificial treatments to survive. By gently regressing bees to their heritage size they become stronger and more resilient. This allows for an organic, natural approach that produces cleaner honey with less chemicals and toxins.
