Sweetacre Apiaries Pure Unpasteurized Wildflower Honey
People often ask us what kind of honey we have, and we're usually quick to respond, "THE BEST!" That is our favourite answer, but it probably isn't the answer most people are looking for.
Roughly one-half of our bee-yards (apiaries) are located on certified organic farms, and we are always amazed at how different our honey tastes compared to the honey that comes out of the North Okanagan and the Thompson.
A single bee-hive has the ability to forage in and around 2000 acres of land. Most of our main honey-flow will consist of white sweet clover, alsike clover, and alfalfa. It is all these minor nectar sources which give our honey its wonderful flavour. These are different every year and the bees never record on their time cards what flowers they grace. We've seen honey bees during the main honey flow on black locust trees, wild mustard, dogbane, snowberry, salmon berry, burdock, horehound, sunflowers, fireweed, many thistles and cucurbits.
During the extraction process, our honey is never heated above the temperature of the bee-hive in it's natural state. We let gravity do its job and allow the honey to naturally separate from the wax cappings. Before the honey goes into the bottling tank, we are careful to drain it through a cheesecloth to ensure that honey and only honey ends up in our jars. Creamed honey is also available. Check out our selling locations under the Honey- where to buy page. As always, we have honey for sale right from our farm. We simply ask that you contact us ahead of time, so that someone will be here to meet you.
Roughly one-half of our bee-yards (apiaries) are located on certified organic farms, and we are always amazed at how different our honey tastes compared to the honey that comes out of the North Okanagan and the Thompson.
A single bee-hive has the ability to forage in and around 2000 acres of land. Most of our main honey-flow will consist of white sweet clover, alsike clover, and alfalfa. It is all these minor nectar sources which give our honey its wonderful flavour. These are different every year and the bees never record on their time cards what flowers they grace. We've seen honey bees during the main honey flow on black locust trees, wild mustard, dogbane, snowberry, salmon berry, burdock, horehound, sunflowers, fireweed, many thistles and cucurbits.
During the extraction process, our honey is never heated above the temperature of the bee-hive in it's natural state. We let gravity do its job and allow the honey to naturally separate from the wax cappings. Before the honey goes into the bottling tank, we are careful to drain it through a cheesecloth to ensure that honey and only honey ends up in our jars. Creamed honey is also available. Check out our selling locations under the Honey- where to buy page. As always, we have honey for sale right from our farm. We simply ask that you contact us ahead of time, so that someone will be here to meet you.
