MEET THE BEEKS

HUNNABEES HONEY & CO. IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAVE & KERI NICOLAOU, 3RD GENERATION BEEKEEPERS (NOW RAISING THE FOURTH GENERATION). IT IS OUR MISSION TO EDUCATE AND EQUIP BOTH BEEKEEPERS AND THE PUBLIC TO BEST HELP OUR POLLINATORS THRIVE, THROUGH PROMOTING ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE BEEKEEPING, WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WE FIRST BEGAN OUR JOURNEY ON SCUGOG ISLAND, WHERE DAVES GRANDFATHER KEPT HIVES 5 DECADES AGO. IN 2010, AS HIS MOTHER WAS RETIRING, A SWARM RETURNED TO THE PROPERTY. THEY CAUGHT THE SWARM, AND DOVE BACK INTO BEEKEEPING. DAVE BEGAN TO HELP AS THE COLONIES GREW, EVENTUALLY TAKING THOSE COLONIES OVER. WE PURCHASED OUR 100 ACRE FARM IN MILLBROOK IN 2016. IN 2017 WE BROKE GROUND ON OUR 6000 SQ FT EDUCATION FACILITY, THEN TACKLED OUR BUSINESS FULL TIME IN 2018.  WE AIM TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF OUR FARM AND HONEY PRODUCTION THROUGH ONGOING INNOVATION AND MINIMIZING WASTE. 

WE FOSTER A MIX NATIVE AND POLLINATOR FRIENDLY CROPS INCLUDING MILKWEED, CONEFLOWER, LAVENDER, BORAGE & MORE. OUR FARM FEATURES ACRES OF WILDFLOWERS, EXPANDING EACH YEAR. WE PLANT 10 FLOWERS FOR EVERY JAR OF NATURAL HONEY SOLD, AND AIM TO EXPAND THIS PROJECT IN THE COMING YEARS WITH NEW SITES, AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. 

- DAVE & KERI