Healing with Honey Workshop

Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized

Soap Making Workshop   Presented by the Toronto Beekeepers Collective with Karen McKenna Learn how to make your own natural soap! At this hands on work shop, local beekeeper Karen McKenna (“Hi Honey” on Facebook) will instruct participants on how to make soap...

The Hive Experience at Kew Gardens

Sep 12, 2016 | Blog

The only difference between The Hive installation at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens and the real-life bee hive that inspires it, is that if the weather becomes inclement, the installation closes, while the real hive keeps on buzzing.          ...

Toronto Has Been Dubbed Canada’s First Bee City

Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized

Hey Hivers – It’s official. Toronto now has the enviable title of being the very first city in Canada to earn the title of ‘Bee City Canada’. The Bee City movement started in the US in 2012 when the town of Asheville, North Carolina, became the...

2016 Bee Keeping Season has Kicked Off!

May 24, 2016 | Blog

Frames pulled already in 2016 makes for the earliest honey harvest yet at Fairmont Royal York. The bees are thriving atop of the roof of Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York. The first harvest was pulled on a beautiful, sunny day in Toronto and the bees were calm and...

An Urban BEE-DAY Comes to Toronto

Feb 23, 2015 | Blog

This month, the Toronto Beekeepers Co-op (TBC) will hold its annual daylong workshop for Toronto’s urban bee-curious. The TBC will conduct an educational day of exploration featuring presentations from honey bee and wild bee experts and urban beekeeping enthusiasts....

TORONTO URBAN BEEKEEPING 101- to bee or not to bee

Jan 11, 2014 | Blog

THE TORONTO BEEKEEPERS C0-OP PRESENTS URBAN BEEKEEPING 101 on Saturday, February 1, 2014 Because you may not have received the full story on the birds and the bees… The Toronto Beekeepers Co-op (TBC) www.torontobees.ca returns with their annual educational day...