Sticky Mouth Honey Company

2012 Bee Season Begins

stickymouth — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:18:47 +0000

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.

Bees vs. Travelling Salesmen

stickymouth — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:52:27 +0000

Bees show us how to get from A to B.

Honeybee Democracy

stickymouth — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:08:10 +0000

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

Holy Mackerel

stickymouth — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:53:33 +0000

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’re buzzing off for awhile…

stickymouth — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:11:59 +0000

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

Sticky Mouth in the Calgary Herald

stickymouth — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:18:02 +0000

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.

Action Sticky Mouth

stickymouth — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:29:48 +0000

Action Grizzly Bear is a Sierra Club Canada campaign to have the grizzly bear listed as a ‘Threatened Species’ under the Alberta Wildlife Act. According to this recent report, there are only 359 adult grizzlies capable of reproduction left in the province (out of a total 691 grizzly bears).

Despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence that Sticky Mouth is in trouble, Sustainable Resource Development Minister Mel Knight can’t decide whether grizzlies should be treated as a Threatened Species – he’s asked his colleagues for help. This is where we come in.

Carl Morrison of Action Grizzly Bear has put together this letter, which will be sent directly to Mel Knight and Ed Stelmach. In addition, you can find your MLA here and copy the same letter to them (or one of your own).

Sticky Mouth might find her way into the odd beehive sometimes, but woodenware is replaceable; a species isn’t.

Randoms for the Week

stickymouth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:48:22 +0000

Bees

Bad news for BC’s berry producers.

Good news for urban beekeepers in New York.

Food

Making food safe or ruining food with safety?

A scary thought: the US thinks our standards are too lax.

Market Collective – LOVE Edition

stickymouth — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:41 +0000

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!

Weapons of Mass Confection

stickymouth — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:18:29 +0000

via the Backwards Beekeepers blog comes this.