Hi, my name is Curtis, and 1000 Islands Honey had its humble beginnings in the summer of 2010 with a single colony of bees. Our interest started a few years earlier, after moving to a rural area and noticing a neighbour keeping bees.
Although we didn’t have a place to keep bees at the time, our interest was peaked. When I saw a weekend beekeeping course being offered at the local community college, I decided to sign up to learn more about these fascinating creatures. It wouldn’t be until another few years when we finally had our own bees, but the seed was planted, and a few years later, my wife and I started with a single colony of honey bees.
“He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
William Shakespeare
That shuns the hives because the bees have stings.”
Life Is Sweet
Our first colony produced almost forty pounds of honey in the first season. We were thrilled! Although it survived the cold winter that year, unfortunately it succumbed in late spring, and the colony died. It was disheartening to say the least, but we purchased two new nucs (a small colony of 10,000 bees plus a mated queen) and moved the hives to a new location. These hives were eventually split, and formed the early start to the current apiary.
Go Bees
Beekeeping is our passion. The honey produced by our bees is raw, unpasteurized and beautiful Grade A honey. We’ve been actively involved with the Limestone Beekeepers Guild for over a decade, Curtis has served as vice president of the guild and is currently a member of the board. Go bees!
Honey bees are our passion.
“I am often moved by the example of small insects, such as bees. The laws of nature dictate that bees work together in order to survive. As a result, they possess an instinctive sense of social responsibility.”
Dalai Lama
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper’s Queen
The Beekeeping Dog