Coming soon: e-commerce

Isn’t this exciting! After several false-starts, dead-ends, and a couple of broken promises, we’ll be launching an online store here on the site within the next couple of weeks! Check back here for the announcement or drop us a line here and ask to be added to our email list.

February: Warm & wet?

February generally brings a warm spell in Eastern Ontario. This year, it’s also bringing rain. Lots of rain: Environment Canada is predicting 25 – 40mm of rain and highs above 10C in the next couple of days. So much for the snow. Temperature swings in the winter can wreak havoc in a hive. In a good winter, it gets cold …

Kingston Seedy Saturday is this week

If gardening is your thing (if it not, it should be), this Saturday is the event for you: There will be seed vendors, speakers, activities and all sorts of displays. This will be our fourth year going and it’s grown every year. I spent this evening tinkering a bit with our famous lip balm recipe and I think it’s our …

Next workshop/course date has been set

Mark your calendar! If you’ve been dying to hear Greg’s words of wisdom first-hand and learn everything that we can cram into 4 hours or so, pencil us in for Saturday, June 21. Kind of fitting to be talking about bees and sustainability on the solstice, don’t you think? 😎 Details will be posted here as they’re nailed down, but …

All About Bees at Little Cat

They’re letting us speak in public again. 😯 Come join Seldom Fools Apiculture and learn about the humble honey bee. We can attribute at least one third of each bite of our food to this little pollinator and the important role they play in our daily lives. In recent years, both the domestic and the wild populations have been declining …