The 'Wild' in Wildflower: Discovering the Unique Flavours of Gees Bees Wildflower Honey
Discover the taste of Ontario's wildflower honey - representation of a specific time and place, changing in flavour with each season.
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April in the Beehive
As the winter season draws to a close, having feasted on the previous year's bounty of honey and pollen, our buzzing friends can hardly...
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Is Buckwheat honey better than Manuka honey?
Move over Manuka! Canada has its own superfood honey and its called Buckwheat Honey. Both honeys have science-backed benefits, but one...
How is honey harvested?
How does honey get from beehive to table? Here's how we harvest honey
Monofloral sources of Honey
The flavour of honey varies across the season and from season to season. Like wine, it has terroir - also called 'taste of place.' Why?
How is Honey Made? It all starts with the flowers
After many flower visits, the bee's honey stomach is full of sweet nectar and her legs are loaded with pollen. It's time to fly back to the
Why does honey crystallize?
All honey will eventually crystallize and turn into a solid. Here we explain why honey crystallizes, how to use it, and how to turn it back
Buckwheat Honey Benefits
Ontario Buckwheat Honey is a rich dark malty honey produced by bees from the nectar of buckwheat flowers, a small white flower not in the wh
Honey Lemon Tea
Looking to soothe cold symptoms or warm up on a chilly evening? This easy recipe hits the mark:
Honey for Cough?
Cough and cold got you down? Instead of turning to over-the-counter cough syrup, research suggests that honey is just as effective!
Honey flavours of Ottawa
Before we kept bees, I thought all honey tasted the same - sweet, golden and squeezed from a plastic bear from the grocery store. I...
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