In the winer of 2021/2022 we sadly lost all of our bees, mostly to weather and a few simply flew away. It was really hard for us to find new bees this year, and we were not able to fully recover, as was the same for nearly every beekeeper in the country. There was a global shortage of bees.

Less bees has a ripple effect, less pollenation for our farms, less flowers in bloom, less crops grown, less honey and wax made, higher costs of production in all of our connected industries, bigger impact on consumers and more!

We have partnered up with some private local farms who are still able to provide us with top quality raw clover honey. We are honoured to connect these farms with our Forever Bee Community. This (every) year our weather was a bit weird, and honey production and harvests all seem to be about 4 weeks behind. So instead of having honey ready now, it's going to be ready closer to the end of October.

Every conversation you have, flower you plant, and Forever Bee Product you purchase can help make a difference in multiple local families lives this year.

Shop right here on foreverbee.ca or visit one of our retail partners.

We were honoured to have our Honeycomb Hives in the fields at Souto Farms this year! The vegitable crops made for a delightlful light flavoured white honeycomb at the beginning of the season. As the weeks carried on and the 3 acres of sunflowers grew we saw the honeycomb getting more golden and richer in flavour.

Suoto Farms has a beautiful farm and market stand in Airdrie Alberta. Our hives help pollenate the farm, their love and care for the farm helps our hives to thrive. You can also shop your favourite Forever Bee products at the Suoto Farms Market.

Did you know that we re-use a lot of our boxes, and will pickup boxes and packaging along our travels to re-use.

We love stopping in at Naturistas in Lethbridge. While we are visiting with the staff we unbox the order together and take our boxes back. Often we will pickup the other cardboard and bubble wrap they have on hand to take back to our shop for use.

We also learned we shop with some of the same suppliers! We now order together to help reduce shipping costs and create more efficiencies in business. The cycle of picking up ingredients, turning them into new products and bringing them back to the retail shop is a relationship we are so grateful for.

We do what we can to make a postive impact on the environment around us. Here's some ideas on how you can do so at home too.

Doing our part is all we can do, and we have a great resource to help you learn what you can do too! When we all do our part to help create a bee-friendly world the species will have a stronger chance of recovery, and will in turn help our planet to heal.

We get asked all the time if we can take back empty glass jars to reuse for honey or body products. Right now we are not setup with an approved sanitization system to be able to reuse our jars.

The great news is, we have collected a lot of ways to find new purpse for your empty jars! Like making a treat to share with your loved ones or neighbours. Add a little ribon, or cutouts from old holiday cards to decorate the jars.

Honey Lozenges

Honey Salted Raspberry Candies

Buckwheat Honey Cookies

We have used our jars for crafts too, like snow globes, ornaments, sorting games and more. You can keep them in your garage or workshop to sort the tiny bits and pieces.

They work well in the pantry to organize nuts, seeds, chocolates, spices and all our favourite things. If you are a bulk shopper, you can use these jars to share a bit with your loved ones.

They're handy to have to send home some leftovers with your guests. The ideas go on forever, we hope you'll let us know when you do something neat with your old jars.