MEET THE BEEKS

HUNNABEES HONEY & CO. IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY DAVE & KERI NICOLAOU, 3RD GENERATION BEEKEEPERS. 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 (PORT PERRY), WHERE DAVES GRANDFATHER KEPT HIVES 5 DECADES AGO ON HIS MOTHERS CURRENT PROPERTY. IN THE EARLY 2010'S, AS HIS MOTHER HELEN 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 CROPS THAT ARE POLLINATOR FRIENDLY, INCLUDING MILKWEED, CONEFLOWER, LAVENDER, BORAGE AND MORE (CLICK HERE FOR OUR FAVOURITES). 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. 

AS NEW PARENTS, RE-OPENING OUR FARM TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2022, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JUNIOR BEEKEEPER PROGRAM AND TO EXPAND OUR ON FARM OFFERINGS FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON.

- DAVE & KERI