Pilgrim Honey House

Photograph of a Russian queen laying on the comb. Please be patient. Pilgrim Honey House is a commercial honeybee farm operation owned and operated by the members of Pilgrim Community Ventures.

We produce a variety of beehive products such as natural honey, beeswax, fresh frozen bee pollen, and propolis. We sell these products in bulk and wholesale level.

Our exclusive retail outlet

Bee Sweet Products

Owner: Priscilla Carreau

1729 Fraser Road,

Moose Creek, Ontario

K0C 1W0

Tel: (613) 538-2337

No email please.

We provide pollination services for crops such as apples, strawberries, and raspberries at the local level.

We breed and produce queens of Russian stock, a project begun by the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association. We produce queens for our own use and for sales across Canada and the United States.

All profit is used towards the accomplishment of our objectives as a non-profit Christian organization.

Financial Policy of Pilgrim Community Ventures

BEEKEEPING MANAGEMENT TIPS

How to Care for your Overwintered Nucleus.htm

Queen Introduction Method

How to Make a Nucleus

BREEDING AND RAISING QUEEN HONEYBEES

The Russian Bee Project

The Russian Bee Breeding Program

Tests Results and Descriptions

Queen Price List and Terms – Canada

If you are looking for overwintered nucleis of bees and queens available in May, contact our exclusive distributor for Canada.

Benson Bee Supplies

Owners : Art & Jeff Benson

8358 Victoria St., Box 9

Metcalfe, ON

K0A 2P0

Tel : 1-800-214-7366

Fax: (613) 821-2621

bennybee@sympatico.ca

Overwintered nucleis consist of about 1 standard frame of honey, 2 standard frames of mature capped brood, 2 lbs of bees, and 1 laying queen mated the summer before in July or August. These nucleis are sold in a wooden box made of white pine, with screened bottom and top and cleats. There are 2 sizes of box: single and double. The boxes can easily be converted into a nucbox or a super.

If you are interested to know more about beekeeping or honey, you can contact the following organizations:

Ontario Beekeepers' Association

Virginia Steckle, Business Administrator

75232 Bronson Line, RR 1

Bayfield, Ontario

NOM 1G0

Tel: 519-565-2622

Fax: 519-565-5452

info@ontariobee.com

www.ontariobee.com

Canadian Honey Council

Suite 236, 234-5149 Country Hills Blvd