Big Sugar Farm

06/06/2026

Does it get any better than Nucleus Colony pickup day? Maybe but it's one of my favourite days for sure. I get to meet lots of new beekeepers as well as a few old friends.
Happening today at 10am.
I will have a few extra so anyone looking please let me know

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

First pollen haul of the 2026 season, just over 20 pounds worth from mostly our double nuc hives. Lots of diversity here at the home yard, look at all those different colours

06/01/2026

It's queen breeding time. Here is my first attempt at grafting this spring. I'm using a 6frame mating nuc, packed with bees and brood and feeding it heavily.
I Grafted 20 cups and they finished 16 in total, which is a great first result for me. Today these cells go into my incubator and will be ready to go into ew Nuclues colonies on June 4th. A whole new bee colony will be created just a few weeks later if the virgin queen comes back mated.
After I pulled these cells I grafted 30 more and they went back into this replenished cell builder
This is my favourite time of year !

05/21/2026

It's that's time again. Honey bee colonies are growing larger every day, when space runs out they start the swarming process to continue their genetics. When this happens the Queen and about half of all the workers leave the parent hive in search of a new home. Unfortunately that home may be in your tree or swingset or just about anywhere they think would be a great place to live.
If this happens, have no fear. Give us a call and we will come out, rescue them and give them a nice bee box to live in. Swarms are normally very gentle so do not be alarmed. Reach out and we will be happy to help in and around the Dorchester area

05/21/2026

20 more Nucleus colonies made up Wednesday from the Gladstone Yard. These will get queen cells this weekend and if all goes well we will have a new laying queen in each in about 30 days.

05/18/2026

Two days ago I was complaining about the cold, wet weather. Today it was 32 and felt like 36. Tell me without saying it's hot and crowded at home

05/17/2026

This post is for all our patient Nucs buyers. This spring is the coldest, most wet and dreary one I can remember and it has slowed colony growth dramatically. Fortunately it really looks like we have turned the corner with warm weather sticking around. Have a watch for your Nuc update

Quick update with pickup date and time. The Nucs are progressing nicely

04/30/2026

Today's work is painting brand new Pollen traps that will be used on our double nucleus colonies. Tedious work but it has to get done, ive been putting this off long enough 😁

02/16/2026

Long time since we have posted anything, this Winter is just dragging on and very little bee stuff to report.
To get my Bee work fix in this week I've been making creamed honey. Today is finally the day to get it all jarred up.
We have all sizes back in stock
160g
500g
1kg
3kg and 5kg buckets

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