Humble Bee

11/06/2024

11/06/2024

It's tiiiime! (Cue Mariah Carey) 🐝✨

Join Humble Bee in celebrating our 5th Annual Winter Solstice Bee Ball, on Saturday, December 21st.

100% of all 'pay-what-you-can' ticket proceeds are donated to Wildlife Preservation's 'Bumble Bee Recovery Project'.

Haven't been to our Bee Ball before? You will find:

🐝 Live entertainment
🐝 Fun beats all night long
🐝 Bee Photo gallery
🐝 Delicious hors d'oevres (included in ticket cost!)
🐝 Mead tasting (19+ with valid ID)
🐝 Mingling with beekeepers and bee lovers alike
.. and more!

Buy your tickets today, and celebrate the longest night of the year with a buzzing good time 🐝💛

More details to come.

11/02/2024

🚨🐝NEW DROP

In honour of Humble Bee presents our Hamilton Local Honey Sommelier Kit.

With honey from 3 iconic locations around Hamilton, and Felker's Falls, try your skills at honey tasting!

Each box features 3 Hamilton honey jars, and a dipper or 2 pure beeswax candles.

This is the ultimate gift for the bee lover in your family! 🐝💛

11/01/2024

Unlike many animals, honey bees do not go dormant or hibernate. Instead, they function as per usual with a few seasonal body modifications to conserve energy (don't we all?) 💪🐝

🐛Bee larvae are fed less protein in the fall as flower bloomd taper off which triggers a metabolic enzyme that reinforces their immune system which makes the bee grow a larger abdomen for fat reserves, and allows the bee to live 6 months (rather than 6 weeks).

🥶Although they are no longer expending energy on foraging, they must vibrate to heat their hive. Bees can maintain hive temperatures up to 35° C, even when temperatures are well below 0.

🍯 Now relying on stored honey, a bees honey crop (usually full from foraging in the summer) is empty. This allows for more room for storing f***s in their larger abdomen. This is important because bees are incredibly hygienic- meaning on cold days, they will hold it for as long as necessary. 💩🐝

10/30/2024

Cutest pumpkin in the patch🎃

Keep your Jack-O-Lanterns (or other spooky festivities) glowing all Halloween night with our pure beeswax, tiny pumpkin candles🕯️

You have to admit they are an adorable way to end off the harvest season!

10/29/2024

Take a look at Humble Bee's November at a glance! So many great opportunities to come learn what we're all about🐝

💛 This weekend, on November 2nd we will be attending at the Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington. Take part in our giveaway to get tickets, and see us there!

💛 This same weekend (so busy!) we will be taking part in both in-store and

💛 To kick off the Christmas season, join us at our neighors for the market

Where will we see you this month?

10/26/2024

📣🐝GIVEAWAY: Humble Bee would like to announce a very special giveaway in collaboration with to help you celebrate the start of the holiday season with local vendors!

One lucky winner will get to take home our Humble Bee prize pack perfect for gifting (or enjoy for yourself) which includes:
- 2x 130g jars Hamilton wildflower honey
- 2x honey dippers
- 1x set of hand-dipped, pure Hamilton Beeswax taper candles
- 2x tickets to (Burlington date)

To enter:
🐝 LIKE this post
🐝 TAG a friend who you'd attend Craftadian with
🐝FOLLOW our page
🐝 BONUS: share to your story for a bonus entry.

Giveaway closes on October 31st, at 10:00am. Must be able to pick up the prize pack from our booth at Craftadian Burlington (Ron Joyce Centre) on November, 2nd 2024.

10/24/2024

Harness the magic of Halloween with our limited edition pure beeswax candles, perfect for witches, rituals, and candle lovers alike ✨🕯️

Made with pure Hamilton beeswax from local hives, our candles add the perfect touch to any of your witch-tivities.

Find us this weekend, Sunday October 27th at the and celebrate with Humble Bee🎃✨

10/18/2024

Whether you're pairing it with cheese on a charcuterie board, or eating it for fun as a natural gum, eating raw honeycomb allows you to fully reap the benefits of honey 🍯

At Humble Bee we choose not to heat, treat or infuse our honey with anything. Our jars of honey are straight from the comb! 🐝✨

Grab some online or in-store today! Very limited quantities, while supplies last!

10/17/2024

Much like human society, every-bee in the hive has special responsibilities that allow the hive to function properly, free from danger, disease and the cold.

The Queen Bee ensures the hive's sustainability, balancing colony population🐝👑

The all-female Worker bees are the backbone of hive functionality, performing just about every task to keep the hive going 👯‍♀️🐝

The male bees, also known as Drones, have a single important task (that some of them don't even get to accomplish): mate with the Queen.

Although a bit brutal, bees have "living in harmony" down to a science. 🏠💛

10/16/2024

It's extraction time! 🚨

Whether you're planning for next year, or haven't started extracting this year's harvest, you can get the job done with all of the supplies necessary at Humble Bee.

From uncapping knives to extractor rentals (which comes with everything you need for extracting, by the way!) we have got you covered.

Order online or come visit us in-store🍯

10/15/2024

Why beeswax?

Beeswax is incredibly versatile being used in anything from candles, to polish, to skin products. Thanks to it's antibacterial properties, it offers health benefits such as burn, eczema and rosacea relief🌼

When using beeswax candles, it generates a warm light, very close to the color wavelengths of a sunrise or sunset. This can provide some mental health relief in dark winter months that are upcoming🌞

We offer a variety of Hamilton local beeswax products in-store or online, including bulk amounts to make your own products🧴

What do you use beeswax for?

10/09/2024

It's a natural reaction to want to swat at anything black, yellow, and buzzing. Thankfully stinging you is not a Bee or Wasp's main goal.🐝

Oftentimes, bees and wasps are pitted against eachother but both have their place in the ecosystem! Bees are efficient agricultural pollinators because of their fuzzy bodies, while wasps feed on insects that may be pests in agriculture.

Wasps do not produce honey, and get a little aggressive in the fall because they known winter is coming. Remain calm, and give them a little blow of air, and the should be on their way🌬️🐝

Swipe to learn the differences!

10/04/2024

Humble Bee at the Fall Garden Mum Show🍂🌼

Although the Mum show is ongoing for the next two weeks, find us here this weekend only. See you there!

10/03/2024

Hey followers! Whether you've been following us for years... or since yesterday, we thought we'd introduce ourselves.🐝✨

Founded in 2013 by Luc Peters, Humble Bee prides itself in being Hamilton's one-stop-shop for all things beekeeping as a full-service apiary. Whether you're looking for supplies for your own bees, or looking to taste products from ours (yum!), our online and physical store has got you covered. 🍯

We offer everything from beekeeping supplies and educational courses, to blocks of beeswax and raw, unpasteurized honey.

What's your favourite Humble Bee product?

10/02/2024

We'd love to see you at the events we're attending during the month of October!

It's that time of year! The Fall Garden and Mum Show runs from October 4-13! Stop by for DIY workshops, family friendly activities and more. Tickets available at the door or online at: hamilton.ca/mumshow 🌼

Then on Saturday, October 19th, you can find us celebrating 'Subaru Days' to promote sustainable environmental initiatives.🐝🍂

To celebrate Halloween with something sweet, shop our honey selection at the Punk Rock Flea market on Sunday, October 27th.🎃🍯

What event are you most excited for?

10/01/2024

Check out Milton Public Library's very own honey made by the bees at the Beaty Branch (which you can also see for yourself in action!)

🐝📖

We have exciting news! For the entire month of October, our Beaty Honey made in partnership with Humble Bee will be on sale for the special price of $6 (original price $10). 🍯

Drop by your local branch and grab yours while supplies last.

10/01/2024

Calling all beekeepers! Fall is upon us, and that means it's time for fall feeding🐝🍂

Feeding your bees in the fall helps them survive the winter, as the use a lot of energy warming their hive. You can feed right after harvesting honey, and it's best to do so before the weather gets below 10° C.

At Humble Bee we have two styles of feeders, the Canacell Feeder ($30.99) and the Feeder Pail ($12.99). Both work great for your hives!

Additionally, you may want to offer your bees probiotics especially after fall mites treatments. Probiotics for bees work the same way they do for us by supporting gut flora, allowing them to be more resilient against the side effects of treatment.

Purchase our feeders or probiotics online or in-store today. Link in the bio.

Have you used probiotics for your hives? 💊