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Camano Island Honey Our mission at Sanctuary Farms is to solely to provide health and wellness products to our customers through the amazing components supplied by honey bees!!

Bee Sweet!! Bee Well!! Our hope, in such a complicated world, is to help people return to the basics. By providing products promoting wellness in the most simple, pure, and natural way. Camano Island Honey - home of immune boosting wellness honey and beeswax based homeopathic balm products.

I'll be speaking today at the New Mexico Beekeepers Assn. It's their annual conference and thankfully virtual through z...
10/02/2024

I'll be speaking today at the New Mexico Beekeepers Assn. It's their annual conference and thankfully virtual through zoom!! Lots to talk about - very excited to get back in the game!!! 😎🐝🐝🐝

04/07/2023

Well, it's been a heck of a spring here in east Tennessee!!! Wound up expanding back up to 40 or so and have been consolidating to eliminate the weak and struggling colonies in the groups. That said, the small hive beetles are starting to show up and the ants give me fits occasionally.

But all in all, a lot less work, and once I have my own property again, it'll be a great relief to be able to just walk out and work them in smaller groups as needed instead of a whole yard at a time due to drive times.....looking forward to diversifying my operation and adding other agricultural elements to the mix (yep, been toying with getting back into horses again - somebody should talk me out of that one!!! lmao!!).

I've left all the honey on them to feed them through the upcoming dearth here, just because I don't have time for the extra effort of driving feed around. Most have at least 50-70 # of honey on them, so again, less work!!

God has blessed me more than I deserve and still gives me daily the support and good works to keep my hands busy and doing his will!! It's nice to be loved!! :)

08/05/2023

Spring has sprung.....with a vengence!!! lol!! Already doubled my numbers and not even trying. Good thing I decreased my numbers last season or my workload would be ji-normous right now!!! lmao!!!🤣😎🐝🐝🐝

A real bee conference......amazing what the bee community looks like when it's engaged and enthusiastic!!!Hive Life Conf...
08/01/2023

A real bee conference......amazing what the bee community looks like when it's engaged and enthusiastic!!!

Hive Life Conference 2023 - Sevierville, TN

😎🐝🐝🐝 (Photo credit - Bev Gore)❤️

19/12/2022

Was anyone else out working bees in the snow?? lmao!!🤣

17/12/2022

The end of one chapter and the beginning of another. It is with deep sadness, that I have to let go of my business child in order to move on to a better personal life. It's been an incredible journey and although it won't be here on Camano anymore, the few dedicated customers that I have I will truly miss!!

Thanks to those of you who were loyal to my bees and purchased product on order to support them, and ultimately, supporting our farm. These are very unusual times and farming is an art that is at risk, along with it our survival - every purchase we make now needs to be chosen with care and purpose to ensure our very fragile infrastructure of farming stays alive.

So all that said, I will be opening the store back up - not sure yet if it'll be under a different branding or just a name change after the relocation. But the girls are with me where ever I go, so the Camano Island Team bids you all a fond farewell for now!!!

Thank you everyone and Merry Christmas!!😎🐝🐝🐝🎄

Well - it's that time again. Tons of lifting, sweating, and being sticky all at the same time!! lol!! Honey harvest is...
22/08/2022

Well - it's that time again. Tons of lifting, sweating, and being sticky all at the same time!! lol!! Honey harvest is just about over and the honey processing has begun!! The yellow jackets seem to be out in force, so it's hard to even clean up outside without getting bit!!

Camano Island Blackberry Honey and My Cup of Tea!!! What could be better on a rainy day like today?? Nothing...absolute...
09/06/2022

Camano Island Blackberry Honey and My Cup of Tea!!! What could be better on a rainy day like today?? Nothing...absolutely nothing!!! My fav is Jasmine tea, every morning, with honey and a blueberry cream cheese bagel!!! Warm inside and out!!

https://www.facebook.com/skagitcupoftea

http://camanoislandhoney.com/

Time to relax and soothe your soul with a cup of tea and Our Cavy Snuggle warm/ cold compress filled with oraganic lavender and rice.
We have some great items in our gift shop! Come check it out ❤️

It's been a crazy bee season so far this spring with all the bad weather (raining now as I speak!! lol!!). I have to ap...
03/06/2022

It's been a crazy bee season so far this spring with all the bad weather (raining now as I speak!! lol!!). I have to apologize to all my honey customers this last week - orders have been a bit delayed.....but the dam has finally burst today and massive amounts of honey are going out the door!!!
https://camanoislandhoney.com/store/

Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding - I appreciate you letting the bees come first!!

Order yours online!!

14/05/2022

A new bee video to enjoy for my honey friends!! :)

03/05/2022

So we’re just about to be through the “first” swarm season locally - how did you do??

Time for some motivation and an interesting blog post!! I've been working on the internal content for the bee ed platfo...
28/02/2022

Time for some motivation and an interesting blog post!! I've been working on the internal content for the bee ed platform and started writing again - lots of blog posts to do but here's one you might enjoy on some of the interesting bee things you maybe didn't know!!

Enjoy!!

https://learn.theroadtobetterbeekeeping.com/blog/10-things-you-never-knew

In this blog, we'll discuss some of the more unique and interesting things that beekeepers run into in their quest to master the craft of beekeeping!!

13/02/2022

A great bee day in the baby colony yard!!! Everyone is doing really really well and there were only 2 small nuc casualties so far in this yard of over 70!!! Great news!!

Hey all my bee loving friends!!! I'm speaking at the NWDBA via zoom tomorrow night at 7:00. Join us for a talk on curr...
08/02/2022

Hey all my bee loving friends!!! I'm speaking at the NWDBA via zoom tomorrow night at 7:00. Join us for a talk on current events in the hives and how to spring into spring!!! No fee for non-members so come and listen in and get your bee fix.....

https://www.nwdba.org/posted-events

Our mission is to promote interest in honey bees and beekeeping throughout the northwest district of western Washington, and, in particular, Snohomish County. Our Meetings are open to the public, free of charge.

29/12/2021

Looking good so far, even though I didn't get my nucs stacked in time for this cold snap so they were 2 by 2, they still had plenty of stores and were big enough to keep it nice and toasty inside these double nucs. Can't wait to see them flying again!!! 🐝🐝🐝

26/12/2021

Peace on Earth - Good Will Towards Men

25/12/2021

From our Farm to Your Home.....may everyone have a Blessed and Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy Holidays!!!!

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Well, it's been a heck of a spring here in east Tennessee!!! Wound up expanding back up to 40 or so and have been consolidating to eliminate the weak and struggling colonies in the groups. That said, the small hive beetles are starting to show up and the ants give me fits occasionally. But all in all, a lot less work, and once I have my own property again, it'll be a great relief to be able to just walk out and work them in smaller groups as needed instead of a whole yard at a time due to drive times.....looking forward to diversifying my operation and adding other agricultural elements to the mix (yep, been toying with getting back into horses again - somebody should talk me out of that one!!! lmao!!). I've left all the honey on them to feed them through the upcoming dearth here, just because I don't have time for the extra effort of driving feed around. Most have at least 50-70# of honey on them, so again, less work!! God has blessed me more than I deserve and still gives me daily the support and good works to keep my hands busy and doing his will!! It's nice to be loved!! :)

Spring has sprung.....with a vengence!!! lol!! Already doubled my numbers and not even trying. Good thing I decreased my numbers last season or my workload would be ji-normous right now!!! lmao!!!🤣😎🐝🐝🐝

Spring has sprung.....with a vengence!!! lol!! Already doubled my numbers and not even trying. Good thing I decreased my numbers last season or my workload would be ji-normous right now!!! lmao!!!🤣😎🐝🐝🐝

Was anyone else out working bees in the snow?? lmao!!🤣

Peace on Earth - Good Will Towards Men

Well finally, the honey harvest is over!! It's been a grueling 10 days getting over 5000# of blackberry honey off the hives. Some were 7 or 8 boxes high which meant climbing up onto the concrete block bench supports to reach the top!! Lol!! Next year I'll be interviewing for harvest help - and hopefully for more beekeeping duties as well...always feels good to be done with bringing in the crop. The excess that the bees give us because we manage them to do so is rewarding and it's reassuring to know that next years business funds are banked in raw product. I left nearly 6000# on the production units for them to use for themselves (a record season for me), so I'm not feeding yet, and all the treatments are on everyone except the requeening units. So time to thank God for his blessings, take stock of the season, a deep breath and a little rest. ❤🐝🐝🐝

The lavender is in full bloom and the bees have switched from blackberry to the lavender where it's available.....makes getting the honey off imperative now or it'll be a mixed bag of flavors!! lol!!🤪

A little video of one of the methodologies for feeding bees during the dearth (no food in the environment for them). Open feeding works for large groups of colonies that can't be fed with individual feeding systems or are too large to handle on a labor level. They do love their sugar!!

Rebuilding the Builder
Rebuilding the Builder

Everyone will be happy to know that the last 3 virgin queens that were stuck in a queen bank got placed into their new homes yesterday!! I had several overwintered production units in another yard that were looking puny and so I removed their failing queens and replaced them with new ones. That said, well it's time to rinse and repeat!! Can't get enough of this stuff....lol!! So here's a little video of rebuilding the builder for round 2.

The South Yard Tour
The South Yard Tour

Ok, I didn't fall off the end of the earth, but it feels like it right about now!! lol!! A week of queen placements into mating nucs has worn me out....but as usual it's a good tired - very accomplished tired. I improved my throughput on queen rearing 400% this season (just placed 90 new queens in nucs), had reconfigured to a new queen builder system which was a huge improvement in quality of queen cells, and expanded to 2 mating yards with complementary drone mother yards within 3/4 of a mile on each!!! All but 3 little royal stragglers are placed in new homes and waiting to fly to their destiny....lol!! Now to get all the backed up honey deliveries done!!! It'll be back at the thestevenshomestead this morning.... ?)

Here's what working in that yard sounds like the whole time I'm there!! Now they meet me at the truck when I pull up....lmao!! Nice to be loved.... 😘

Well I got this yard all spun up yesterday!! lol!! Bees everywhere!! .....and some of them not very happy. Amazing how you can follow genetics through a group of animals! I almost had to remove the 88 queen last year due to aggression (I could hardly open the hive last year due to stings), and then they swarmed and I caught them in a bush, put them in this yard and they settled a bit but are still a little hard to handle. The bad decision was that I took one of the daughters from the swarm cells and also moved her to this yard (#235), which I put right next door. She's just as pissy as her mother!! lol!! The whole end of that bench is a pain to work just because I have a dozen or so guard bees in my face dive bombing me the entire time I work those two units.....hmmmmmffff. Even followed me back to the truck and was giving me grief at the end of the video!! Silly girls.....

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Sanctuary: A sacred place; a place of refuge and protection.

Our hope, in such a complicated world, is to help people return to the basics. By providing the most simple, pure, and natural ingredient: Honey.

We here at Sanctuary Farms and Camano Island Honey understand that the environment and its inhabitants are all precious. We could not have such a beautiful, and productive world to live in without each and every one of them. In particular, we have focused on the pollinators, and specifically the honey bee, which are one of the most important creatures in that the majority of our food resources would not exist without them. We not only value the bees, we support them in as many ways as we possibly can through consumer and environmental awareness educational platforms - learning made fun through our interactive tour facilities.