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Des and I went out this weekend to get a few hives ready for some new residents. We’ve got a handful of packages coming in from New Zealand this week. They’ll be joining this hardy stock, pictured below getting some fresh air.

This’ll be the third season in a row for this hive. I think we’ll split them this year.

The new book by Thomas D. Seeley about how and why a hive swarms.

Check out some bee art.

over the course of the fair, 40 000 worker bees were released into the case to complete
a wax honeycomb structure over the figure of a martyred christ rising out of the chaos,
his weight seeming to be upheld by the mass strength of the swarm. the figure within the vitrine
is made of a laser sintered framework in which the industrious bees created a honeycomb skin over
before filling each cell with the honey they produce. then bees worked to remove the honey
from the cells and return it to the beehive, cleaning the figure back to the wax cells they
originally created. tomáš made the honeycomb a red-orange color to symbolize the cross.

We at Sticky Mouth Honey Company are taking a break from the honey selling business. We’re not completely closing up shop. It’s more akin to winter dormancy than Company Collapse Disorder. But we’re moving on (and away from Calgary) to focus on some other things.

We’re going to take the downtime to continue raising bees and learning to raise them right. We think it is important to keep bees naturally, free of antibiotics and HFCS. So when we come back, it’ll be more of the same: local, fresh, and natural honey.

Thanks to everybody who supported us over the last couple of seasons. We’ll see you again soon!

Sticky Mouth

Check us out in the Calgary Herald today (here)!

Having the Herald come out to check the bees with us was a great way to kick off the 2010 season.

We’ll be at Market Collective this weekend selling some honey so come down and find a good Valentine’s Day gift. I think I read somewhere that honey’s an aphrodisiac!

via the Backwards Beekeepers blog comes this.

This post is not about honey. It’s about a mobile abattoir and local agriculture. Nothing graphic, but some of you just might not be interested. If you are, read below.

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Despite frigid weather and snow dunes straight out of the Snowhara, people ventured out and made it to Market Collective this weekend. That bravery, along with awesome organization – including perpetually fresh coffee courtesy of The Roasterie! – by Angela and Angel, made it an all-around awesome time. I hope the customers had as much fun as we did browsing around.

Thanks to everybody who came by!

Sticky Mouth Honey Company will have a booth at this weekend’s Market Collective, the first of its two Christmas themed events. I’ll be sharing a table with Aviv, so you can take advantage of a one-stop bread-and-honey-off. You’ll definitely need the sustenance, because this Market Collective looks like it is going to be the best yet.  If you’ve got lots of money, bring it so that you can finish up all your gift buying; if you don’t, well, there’s always free honey samples (and, of course, the opportunity to show your support for some of this city’s best artists, artisans, and musicians).

Here’s the event poster. Hope to see you there!