Humble Bee

Humble Bee Urban bee farm on rooftops and backyards in the city. We offer a wide range of products and services

06/25/2025

Introducing our new gift set, a sweet little celebration of the hive! 🐝🍯
Each box includes rotating seasonal honey flavours, a small art print, and your choice of a beeswax candle or honey dipper. Thoughtful, handcrafted, and perfect for gifting (or treating yourself).
Now available at www.humblebee.buzz and instore!

06/24/2025

👑 What Is Royal Jelly — and Why We Leave It for the Bees 🐝

At Humble Bee we often get asked about Royal Jelly and if we carry it. So what is Royal Jelly? Royal Jelly is one of the most powerful substances in the hive. Made by nurse bees, it’s the exclusive food of queen larvae — and what transforms an ordinary bee into royalty. 👑

It’s rich in protein, vitamins, and hormones — a superfood that helps queens grow larger, live longer, and lay thousands of eggs a day. Without royal jelly, there would be no queen. And without a queen, there is no hive.

Some operations harvest royal jelly for human use, but at Humble Bee, we believe it’s best left where it belongs — with the bees.

We choose to let our colonies thrive naturally, prioritizing their health, balance, and longevity over extracting every possible product.

Because a strong queen means a strong hive — and that’s the sweetest reward of all. 🍯💛

🌞 Summer Solstice: The Longest Day, the Sweetest Work 🐝Today, the sun lingers longest in the sky — and so do the bees. O...
06/21/2025

🌞 Summer Solstice: The Longest Day, the Sweetest Work 🐝

Today, the sun lingers longest in the sky — and so do the bees. On this golden day, our hives are buzzing at full strength, working sunrise to sunset to turn blooms into honey.

The solstice marks the heart of the season — a time of warmth, light, and abundance. It’s nature at its peak, and our bees are right in step.

Here’s to sunshine, full supers, and the sweetness of summer. 💛🍯

It's Pollinator week so lets celebrate all our pollinators equally! Beetles were the original pollinators, dating back o...
06/19/2025

It's Pollinator week so lets celebrate all our pollinators equally!
Beetles were the original pollinators, dating back over 100 million years. Today, they still help pollinate ancient flowers like magnolias.
Meanwhile, hummingbirds zoom in with precision, sipping nectar and brushing pollen from bloom to bloom with every flutter.
From crawling to hovering, pollinators come in all forms, and every one plays a part in keeping our ecosystems thriving.

It’s Pollinator Week, and butterflies deserve the spotlight too! While bees often get the buzz, butterflies are also vit...
06/18/2025

It’s Pollinator Week, and butterflies deserve the spotlight too!
While bees often get the buzz, butterflies are also vital pollinators. With their light bodies and long-distance travel, they help spread pollen far and wide, connecting ecosystems and supporting plant diversity across great distances.

Pollinator Week: Honey Bees!They might be small, but their impact is huge. Every day, they visit thousands of flowers, s...
06/17/2025

Pollinator Week: Honey Bees!
They might be small, but their impact is huge. Every day, they visit thousands of flowers, spreading pollen and making life grow. From fresh fruits and veggies to the wildflowers in your backyard, bees are behind it all. So next time you spot a bee buzzing by, remember: they're feeding the world, one flower at at a time.

It’s Pollinator Week! At Humble Bee, we celebrate the tiny wings that keep the world blooming. From native bees to butte...
06/16/2025

It’s Pollinator Week!
At Humble Bee, we celebrate the tiny wings that keep the world blooming. From native bees to butterflies, these hard-working pollinators are essential to our food systems and wild spaces.
For more information and resources visit https://www.pollinator.org/ and https://beecitycanada.org/

Only a few more Saturdays to come visit us at the Hamilton farmers Market! Our last day in the local showcase will bee J...
06/14/2025

Only a few more Saturdays to come visit us at the Hamilton farmers Market! Our last day in the local showcase will bee June 28.

🍞 What Is Bee Bread?Bee bread is a superfood made by bees, for bees. It’s a fermented mix of pollen, nectar (or honey), ...
06/13/2025

🍞 What Is Bee Bread?
Bee bread is a superfood made by bees, for bees. It’s a fermented mix of pollen, nectar (or honey), and bee secretions, packed tightly into honeycomb cells. After the pollen is collected from flowers, bees add enzymes and seal it in the comb, where it naturally ferments.

This fermentation:
Makes nutrients more digestible
Preserves the pollen for long-term use
Increases its protein, vitamin, and amino acid content

Bee bread is the primary source of protein for a honey bee colony — essential for feeding brood and keeping the hive strong.
Think of it as the bees’ homemade pantry staple — rich, nutritious, and full of life-giving energy. 💪🐝

🐝 Welcome to Humble Bee! 🍯If you're new here — hello and thank you for following along! We're a small-scale, organic bee...
06/12/2025

🐝 Welcome to Humble Bee! 🍯

If you're new here — hello and thank you for following along! We're a small-scale, organic beekeeping farm based in Hamilton, Ontario, sharing the beauty of bees, the rhythm of the seasons, and the magic of real, raw honey.

Humble Bee is led by Luc, our beekeeper, founder, and all-around hive whisperer. He’s passionate about raising healthy bees, crafting wildflower & unifloral honey, and educating others about the wild, wonderful world of pollinators and how to care for them.

Here you'll find behind-the-scenes moments from the apiary, product highlights from our hive-made goods, and glimpses of the sweet, sticky work that goes into every jar.

We’re so glad you’re here — welcome to the colony! 🐝💛

06/10/2025

🐝 Bearding vs. Washboarding – What’s the Buzz?

Ever see bees hanging out in a big cluster on the front of the hive? That’s called bearding (because it resembles a beard draped around the hives entrance) — it usually happens on hot days when bees gather outside to cool the hive and reduce crowding. It looks dramatic, but it’s totally normal!

Washboarding, on the other hand, is when bees line up and rhythmically rock back and forth on the hive surface. It’s still a bit of a mystery, but it’s believed to be a cleaning or communication behavior — like tidying the porch before guests arrive.

Both are natural, fascinating parts of bee life — and signs of a healthy, active colony!

This is our last month in the Local Showcase at the Farmers Market for the season, make sure to come by and try some h...
06/07/2025

This is our last month in the Local Showcase at the Farmers Market for the season, make sure to come by and try some honey 🍯 (Please note: today we will be CASH ONLY, our debit machine is off having a great time at the Bread & Honey Festival)

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601 Burlington Street East
Hamilton, ON
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